Continuity mistake: When Lionel Twain is leaving the dinner table, in one shot his left arm is up, but then down in the next.
Murder By Death (1976)
Plot summary
Directed by: Robert Moore
Starring: Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, James Coco, Truman Capote
Twain is an eccentric egomaniac who invites the world's greatest detectives to his mansion for dinner. He informs them there will be a murder there that night and $1 million to the person who can solve the crime by the following morning. But nothing is what it seems.
More mistakes in Murder By Death
Milo Perrier: No, no, it's all right. My wine is not poisoned. It was just a bad year.
Question: What does Milo Perrier mouth to Jessica Marbles as Benson-mum spoons out the "soup" during dinner? I can't read their lips.
Answer: According to the script, she is mouthing "I think he's lying."
Answer: "I think he's lying."
Answer: No, he mouths "I think he's blind." It's right after the scene where he tests that. The Marbles character responds "who is?"
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Answer: I think she is a lady...remember at the end when he said she was the daughter of Lionel Twain.