Murder by Death

1976 film by Robert Moore
Movie film Q288098
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Summary

Murder by Death is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,138 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Robert Moore[3]
  • Screenwriter: Neil Simon[4]
  • Composer: Dave Grusin[5]
  • Genre: mystery film[6], comedy film[7], crime film[8]
  • Cast member: Eileen Brennan[9], Truman Capote[10], James Coco[11], Peter Falk[12], Alec Guinness[13], Elsa Lanchester[14], David Niven[15], Peter Sellers[16], Maggie Smith[17], Nancy Walker[18], James Cromwell[19], Estelle Winwood[20], Fay Wray[21]
  • Producer: Ray Stark[22]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[23]
  • Production company: Rastar[24], Columbia Pictures[25]
  • Director of photography: David M. Walsh[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 6/10[29], 65%[30], 59/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: June 23, 1976[34], August 26, 1976[35], September 5, 1976[36], September 11, 1976[37], September 17, 1976[38], September 23, 1976[39], November 10, 1976[40], December 3, 1976[41], December 4, 1976[42], December 12, 1976[43], December 17, 1976[44], February 18, 1977[45], May 13, 1977[46], May 26, 1977[47]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[48]
  • Film editor: Margaret Booth[49]
  • Title: Murder by Death[50]
  • MPA film rating: PG[51]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[52]
  • Duration: 95[53], 94[54]
  • Box office: 32,511,047[55], 32,549,247[56]
  • Costume designer: Ann Roth[57]

Why It Matters

Murder by Death has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 25841
    P14821 → 74937
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 74937, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  2. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 24496
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  3. 12w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 2914
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14587: 2914, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297037198|名探偵登場 (#297037198)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8113|1SCREEN movies]] #mix'n'matc"
  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1976-06-23T00:00:00Z, +1976-08-26T00:00:00Z, +1976-09-05T00:00:00Z +17
    Screenwriter → Neil Simon
    Duration → {'amount': '+95'}, {'amount': '+94'}
    Mpa film rating → PG
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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