Murder by Death

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

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1976-06-23
Budget: $0
Revenue: $32511047
Runtime: 94 min

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