GENRE: Comedy / Mystery
YEAR: 1976
RATED: PG
An all star cast heads this classic Neil Simon spoof of murder mysteries. When the five greatest living detectives are invited to a secluded mansion for the weekend, their host Lionel Twain challenges them to a murder mystery he’s certain none of them can solve. In fact, the tables really get turned when the murder victim turns out to be…nah, I won’t spoil that. The result is one hysterical film. And what’s great is that all the classic detectives are present, but with different names of course. You have Inspector Sidney Wang (Charlie Chan) and No. 3 son Willie, Dick and Dora Charleston (Nick and Nora Charles), Milo Perrier (Herciule Poirot), Jessie Marbles (Miss Marple), and Sam Diamond (Sam Spade). A classic!
DIRECTED BY:
Robert Moore
STARRING:
Eileen Brennan - Tess Skeffington
Truman Capote - Lionel Twain
James Coco - Milo Perrier
James Cromwell - Marcel
Peter Falk - Sam Diamond
Alec Guinness - Bensonmum
Elsa Lanchester - Jessica Marbles
David Niven - Dick Charleston
Peter Sellers - Sidney Wang
Maggie Smith - Dora Charleston
Estelle Winwood - Miss Withers
Richard Narita - Willie Wang
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