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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767883320
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767883322
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 1782
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 23, 1976
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Neil Simon wrote this 1976 spoof in which virtually every famous fictional detective of the 1930s and 1940s congregate at the home of a mysterious fellow (Truman Capote) to try and solve the mystery of who's trying to kill them all. Simon's jokes are mostly obvious, and the film's real appeal is the clever concept matched with fine--sometimes legendary--actors. Peter Falk plays a very Bogart-like Sam Spade equivalent, James Coco is a Hercule Poirot wannabe, Peter Sellers does a Charlie Chan bit, David Niven and Maggie Smith are reflections of Nick and Nora.... You get the picture. Lighthearted and silly, this is cotton-candy comedy for the cast as well as viewers. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Old Hollywood hilarity.
I saw this movie as a kid and I still love it.
It's old folks, it's offensive, it's positively one of the funniest movies out there.
It's creepy, spooky and just plain fun.
The script is twisty and turny.
The acting is top notch.
The pacing is excellent.
Out of all the old Hollywood movies, I recommend this one the most.
A brilliant ending with a great musical score.
This movie is easily in my top twenty any time.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!
Rating: - True Classic!
This movie has been a favorite of ours for many, many years and finally got it on DVD to add to our collection.
This timeless mystery spoof is comedic genius. True all star cast.
Rating: - A full rounded comedy to watch!
Robert Moore at the camera, Neil Simon as screenwriter and a set of formidable and golden actors make of this movie an enjoyable film to watch.
This sardonic black comedy begins when the best five detectives of the world are invited apparently for a dinner by an eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) with just a purpose: to demonstrate to all of them he is the number one; announcing that exactly at midnight there will be murder.
But the entire script is filled of funny and smart observations. Peter Sellers play the role of Wang - steals the show- (the famous detective) , Alec Guinness is the blind butler, Peter Falk is absorbing as the vulgar Sam Diamond (in a visible parody of Bogart in Casablanca), David Niven (Dick Charleston) and Maggie Smith make a real tour de force with this intelligent satire in which we will watch to Wang, Sherlock Holmes, Columbus, Hercules Poirot, and Mrs. Marble.
A true and brilliant comedy, and one of the three highest peaks of the genre in this decade (The prisoner of the Second avenue and Love and Death would be the other two, to my mind).
Rating: - So good
this is 1 of my fav... movies truly classic comedy
it is aiso so hard to find
it is jest one of the best
Rating: - Still a great film
Murder by Death has been seen by millions of renters since Blockbuster has been around, and just recently (the past couple of years) they have sold their stock off. Fortunately though the DVD transfer of the original is great, and the movie holds up quite well. If you have found memories of the movie, or simply enjoy whodunits of the past century, buy this film.
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