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Murder by Death

Murder by Death

Jun 23, 1976
94 min
ComedyCrimeMysteryThriller
7.2/ 10
852 votes

Overview

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

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TMDB
7.2/10
852 votes
IMDB
7.2/10
43,865 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
59/100
Metascore

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Box Office$32,511,047Worldwide gross

Awards & Nominations

3 nominations total

Details

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"By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!"

Status

Released

Original Language

en

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Revenue

$32,511,047

Production Companies

Rastar Productions

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