Review of Murder by Death (1976) by Peter H — 23 Jul 2009
FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY! Spectacular cast and spectacular spoofs on detective movies in the traditional Agatha Christie setting. Funny to see James Cromwell in a very early phase of hs career as "the strongest man in the world" and Peter Sellers spoofing Charlie Chan, Peter Falk and Eileen Brennan as Sam Space and his moll, James Coco as a Belgian detective (3 guesses as to who that is), a Nick and Nora double played by Maggie Smith and David Niven, Angela Lansberry as a Miss Marple type with her wheelchair bound assistant Estelle Winwood (one of their exchanges made me laugh so hard I had to run for the bathroom), and Alec Guinness as the blind butler and Nancy Walker as the deaf maid.
It doesn't get any better than this!
This review of Murder by Death (1976) was written by Peter H on 23 Jul 2009.
Murder by Death has generally received positive reviews.
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