Murder by Death
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Murder by Death is a 1976 comedy-mystery film that parodies classic detective fiction, featuring an ensemble cast of famous sleuth archetypes invited to a sinister dinner party.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Murder by Death canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
comedy-mystery film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| character |
Dick Charleston
NERFINISHED
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Dora Charleston NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamesir Bensonmum NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Marbles NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ Milo Perrier NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Diamond NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ Yetta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | David M. Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | John F. Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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mystery ⓘ |
| hasTheme | satire of mystery authors and detectives ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dave Grusin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ensemble cast of detective archetypes
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parody of whodunit conventions ⓘ |
| parodies | classic detective fiction ⓘ |
| parodiesCharacterType |
Charlie Chan-style detective
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Hercule Poirot-style detective ⓘ Miss Marple-style detective ⓘ Nick and Nora Charles-style sleuths ⓘ Sam Spade-style detective ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of famous detective archetypes are invited to a mysterious dinner party where they must solve a staged murder. ⓘ |
| producer | Ray Stark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Rastar Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-06-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Neil Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | isolated mansion ⓘ |
| stars |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
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David Niven NERFINISHED ⓘ Eileen Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ Elsa Lanchester NERFINISHED ⓘ James Coco NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Falk NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Sellers NERFINISHED ⓘ Truman Capote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.