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Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), .. Read more
| Starring | Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Falk |
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| Director | Robert Moore |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester), Dick and Dora Charleston (David Niven and Maggie Smith), and Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers), all of whom are easy-to-guess but altogether sharp parodies of beloved literary characters.
| Starring | Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Falk, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Walker, Peter Sellers, James Coco, David Niven, Estelle Winwood, Maggie Smith, Nancy Wa |
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| Director | Robert Moore |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
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| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1976 To Rent: DVD: 10 Mar 2003 |
Sometimes thin but generally likeable spoof of a longstanding genre; the stars seize their opportunities avidly, and the film does not outstay its welcome.
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Absolute Classic
I first stumbled across this film a few years back on late night tele, and loved it from the first to last minute. Each actor/ess is perfectly cast, but Peter ... read more »
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Brilliant,Classic Entertainment!
I missed seeing the whole movie on tv so I rented it on DVD to see from beginning to end. I love the humour and what a brilliant plot, just my kinda movie!... read more »
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poor farce
very poor farce, with all the star names in the cast one would of thought the film would be a laugh a minute, I found it difficault to raise a smile
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Great fun!
If you enjoy reading murder mysteries and a combination of comedy and detectives, this is the film for you! Excellent actors and clever dialogue are combined ... read more »