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'Murder by Death' with Elsa Lanchester, Peter Sellers, David Niven & Maggie Smith
Youtube ^ | 7/18/2013 | Adam28xx

Posted on 03/18/2019 9:10:39 AM PDT by simpson96

'Murder by Death' with Elsa Lanchester, Peter Sellers, David Niven & Maggie Smith

Murder By Death was a spoof of "whodunnit" films, in which the world's most famous detectives were invited to a remote house for a weekend and a murder. This they had to solve in order to win a million dollars. The cast included Peter Sellers as Sydney Wang (aka Charlie Chan); James Coco as Milo Perrier (aka Hercule Poirot); David Niven and Maggie Smith as Nick and Nora Charleston (aka The Thin Man and his wife); Peter Falk doing a Humphrey Bogart impersonation as Sam Diamond (aka The Maltese Falcon's Sam Spade); and Elsa as Jessica Marbles (aka Agatha Christie's Miss Marple).

The farcical plot involves disappearing rooms, a blind butler (played by Alec Guinness), a deaf mute cook (played by Nancy walker), with the host (played by Truman Capote) observing the goings-on from inside a moose head on the wall.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: downtonabbey; maggiesmith; murderbydeath; shakespeare
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1 posted on 03/18/2019 9:10:39 AM PDT by simpson96
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loved this movie...


2 posted on 03/18/2019 9:12:19 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: simpson96

Similar plot as “Clue” which is very funny!


3 posted on 03/18/2019 9:13:28 AM PDT by albie
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To: simpson96

Funny movie.


4 posted on 03/18/2019 9:14:52 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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“I don’t get it pop, was there a murder or wasn’t there?”

“Yes, killed perfectly good weekend.”


5 posted on 03/18/2019 9:15:26 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: simpson96

A funny movie from a (slightly) more innocent time.


6 posted on 03/18/2019 9:20:34 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: simpson96

I saw it but the last scene created so many earlier plot holes it was unnecessary and no explanation given.


7 posted on 03/18/2019 9:21:35 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: simpson96

“Answer simple. But question very hard”.


8 posted on 03/18/2019 9:21:38 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: simpson96

Hilarious film. This is one of my favourite Neil Simon pieces.


9 posted on 03/18/2019 9:26:03 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Love the poster released to theatres---with Charles Addams' delightful drawings.


10 posted on 03/18/2019 9:26:06 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: simpson96

Bttt


11 posted on 03/18/2019 9:28:54 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: simpson96

That is a great movie.


12 posted on 03/18/2019 9:30:17 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: simpson96

Priceless movie. A laugh with almost every line with mostly serious actors willing to be very, very silly. The genius of Neil Simon. Hilarious scene with blind butler Alec Guiness yelling at deaf, mute maid Nancy Walker.


13 posted on 03/18/2019 9:30:38 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: simpson96

One of my favorites!


14 posted on 03/18/2019 9:30:51 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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To: simpson96

“Cow on wall say...”
Brilliant!
Guess I will have to “waste” a couple of hours this week watching this again after many years.


15 posted on 03/18/2019 9:31:00 AM PDT by bjc (Show me the data!)
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To: simpson96
There will always be only one Nora Charles....

16 posted on 03/18/2019 9:40:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: simpson96
Maggie Smith

Was a hottie at that time.

17 posted on 03/18/2019 9:40:50 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: Army Air Corps

This and The Cheap Detective are favorites.


18 posted on 03/18/2019 9:45:06 AM PDT by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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To: simpson96

Wasn’t the address on Twain, number Two Two?


19 posted on 03/18/2019 9:48:27 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Henchster

Say your GD prepositions!


20 posted on 03/18/2019 9:51:41 AM PDT by occamrzr06
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