Murder by Death (1976)

Directors

Robert Moore

Cast

Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote, Eileen Brennan, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood, James Cromwell, Richard Narita

The story

A group of five renowned detectives, each accompanied by a relative or associate, is invited to "dinner and a murder" by the mysterious Lionel Twain. Having lured his guests to his mansion managed by a blind butler named Jamessir Bensonmum, who is later joined by a deaf-mute and illiterate cook named Yetta, Twain joins his guests at dinner. He presses a button which seals off the house.

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