Film197694 min

Murder by Death

Name: Murder by Death
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1976
Duration: 94 min
Cast: Alec Guinness, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Peter Sellers, Peter Falk

Taste attributes: comedycrimemysterythrillerdetectivesuperherofastunsavourylightimaginarylinearglossyemotionally undemandingfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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

Boxlist takeHeightened and polished: an emotionally cool crime comedy, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like polish over grit.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score

7.2/10

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Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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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