Murder by Death

A new phase in the ensemble dinner scene, Truman Capote as host Lionel Twain is a special effect unto himself, tangling with faux-famous detectives Elsa Lanchester, Peter Falk, David Niven, Maggie Smith, James Coco, Eileen Brennan, James Cromwell, Peter Sellers et al, in Murder By Death, 1976.

Scenes introducing Dick Charleson (David Niven) and wife Nora (Maggie Smith,) then Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers) and son (Richard Narita), summoned to a mysterious gathering, in Neil Simon's Murder By Death, 1976.

David Niven as "Dick Charleson," Maggie Smith his wife "Nora," with Peter Falk, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, and Peter Sellers as various sleuths, and butler Bensonmum (Alec Guinness) in Neil Simon's detective spoof Murder By Death, 1976.

An all-star cast parodies famous detectives in the Neil Simon whodunit spoof Murder By Death (1976).