Invito a cena con delitto

Titolo originale: Murder by Death
Regia: Robert Moore |
Anno: 1976
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Crime Mistero Thriller
Tag: detective | butler | deaf-mute | guest | parody | murder | spoof | mansion | whodunit | cadaver | one night | sidekick | old mansion |
Cast: Truman Capote | Alec Guinness | Peter Sellers | David Niven | Maggie Smith | James Coco | Peter Falk | Eileen Brennan | Elsa Lanchester | Estelle Winwood | Nancy Walker | James Cromwell | Richard Narita | Fay Wray |

Cinque tra i piu' famosi detectives del mondo - un francese, due americani, una inglese, un cinese - vengono invitati "a una cena e assassinio" nel castello di un eccentrico miliardario, il quale promette un milione di dollari esentasse a quello dei cinque che per primo risolverà il caso dell'imminente delitto.

Errori

When Milo hands the key from the dining room to Mr. Wang, the discontinuity between that shot and th [...] D
At the end, none of the detectives attempt to arrest Twain for putting their lives in danger.Probabl [...] D
The kitchen is in keeping with the period except for the double-door refrigerator/freezer with an ic [...] D
(at around 52 mins) When Milo Perrier, Sidney Wang, and Jessica Marbles find the dead butler, Wang f [...] D
At one point, Monsieur Perrier is separated from the others by a locked door. Sam Diamond solves the [...] D
(at around 8 mins) When Inspector Milo Perrier is being driven to the home of Lionel Twain, the cand [...] D
Perrier constantly talks of the danger of fingerprints contaminating the scene. Yet, when he removes [...] D
(at around 1h 4 mins) Sam Diamond extends his arm and points at Jessica Marbles at the dinner table [...] D
(at around 38 mins) In several scenes, after he has dressed for dinner, Sam Diamond has what appears [...] D
During the "everyone accuses everyone else" scene, no one points out that there are only three possi [...] D
In the early kitchen scenes, the bread in the box on the kitchen table is pointing in the direction [...] D
(at around 13 mins) When the Gargoyle falls on Inspector Wang and son, the position of the debris ch [...] D
How do Miss Marbles and Miss Withers get into the house? It's already been established that the Fay [...] D
(at around 1h 14 mins) Milo Perrier tells Sam Diamond, "I'm not a Frenchy... I'm a Belgie", referrin [...] D
(at around 49 mins) When Lionel Twain is leaving the dinner table, left arm alternately up/down betw [...] D
(at around 6 mins) When the screws in the door hinge are loosened, they make the door creak, In real [...] D
At one point in the dining room, Milo Perrier is referred to as Marcel Perrier; Marcel is Milo Perri [...] D
From the time that everyone enters the dining room, to when Lionel Twain leaves, only 11 minutes of [...] D
(at around 47 mins) When Lionel Twain is speaking to the group, Sam Diamond is leaning on the table [...] D
(at around 54 mins) When Milo Perrier is in the kitchen inspecting the dead body of the butler with [...] D
(at around 24 mins) The Maid shows the Butler a note that she can't read English. Later (at around 5 [...] D
When Charleston picks up the mouse in his room, it's clear that it is a fake. (Also, mice don't make [...] D
(at around 1h 19 mins) When the "deadly snake" is placed in Wang's bedroom, a loud hissing and a rat [...] D
(at around 1h 22 mins) When Perrier sees his driver in the bed, he tells him to go and sleep in the [...] D
An obvious mistake that has to be put on the actor is the fact that the butler nicely breaks his fal [...] D
Wong's obvious fake front teeth (not to mention a horrible rendering of "Asian eyes" which could not [...] D
(at around 1h 30 mins) The maniacal laughter just before the credit rolls does not match the mouth o [...] D