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'Murder by Death' with Elsa Lanchester, Peter Sellers, David Niven & Maggie Smith
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| 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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posted on
03/18/2019 9:10:39 AM PDT
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simpson96
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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.)
To: simpson96
Similar plot as “Clue” which is very funny!
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:13:28 AM PDT
by
albie
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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)
“I don’t get it pop, was there a murder or wasn’t there?”
“Yes, killed perfectly good weekend.”
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:15:26 AM PDT
by
Henchster
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To: simpson96
A funny movie from a (slightly) more innocent time.
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:20:34 AM PDT
by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: simpson96
I saw it but the last scene created so many earlier plot holes it was unnecessary and no explanation given.
To: simpson96
“Answer simple. But question very hard”.
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:21:38 AM PDT
by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: simpson96
Hilarious film. This is one of my favourite Neil Simon pieces.
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:26:03 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: All
Love the poster released to theatres---with Charles Addams' delightful drawings.
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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.)
To: simpson96
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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.
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:30:38 AM PDT
by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: simpson96
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:30:51 AM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(I trust President Trump.)
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.
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:31:00 AM PDT
by
bjc
(Show me the data!)
To: simpson96
There will always be only one Nora Charles....
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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.)
To: simpson96
Maggie Smith
Was a hottie at that time.
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:40:50 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: Army Air Corps
This and The Cheap Detective are favorites.
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:45:06 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
To: simpson96
Wasn’t the address on Twain, number Two Two?
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posted on
03/18/2019 9:48:27 AM PDT
by
jughandle
(Big words anger me, keep talking.)
To: Henchster
Say your GD prepositions!
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