# Murder by Death (1976)

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**Runtime**: 94 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
**Directed by**: Robert Moore
**Written by**: Neil Simon
**Starring**: Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, James Coco

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Midnight on a cliffside estate, hail rattling the glass. Five detectives arrive to find the host’s dinner invitation a setup for an actual killing. A table set for six, a locked room, and one corpse later—each guest’s secret sins become the murder weapon.

A Christie gag reel where every clue lands like a pie to the face.

**Mood tags**: playful

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