Murder by Death
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Murder by Death

1976Movie1 h 34 minPG

ComedyCrime
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IMDb7.2Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic597.0Rotten Tomatoes63%82%
66
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic597.0Rotten Tomatoes63%82%

Summary

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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  • Makes you smirk.
  • Keeps you guessing.
  • Charms you.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Puts you inside a crime.

Not for comfort, warmth or uplift.

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Occam's RazorRare · in 27 titlesUsed by Mrs. Charleston. The other detectives ask Twain if he knows who is murdered, when it will be committed, the location of the crime, and what time it will occur.Insane Troll Logicin 1,270 titlesSam links a girl walking off with his money in 1940s Paris with the German invasion of France that, by chance, occurred two hours later.All 98 tropes

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