Murder By Death/Trivia

• All-Star Cast: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Dame Maggie Smith, the first appearance of James Cromwell and a rare acting appearance by Truman Capote. Probably quite a case of Hey, It's That Guy! in some cases.
• Casting Gag: Peter Falk had started playing Columbo five years before.
• Deleted Scene: Some TV versions contain it, though. It is an endscene wherein a Sherlock Holmes Expy arrives late, after the whole thing is over.
  • This was one of several scenes that, typically for the era, were made especially for the film's network TV airing. All can be found on YouTube.
• Hey, It's That Guy!:
  • Ben Kenobi is the butler.
  • Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a Charlie Chan Expy and Dr. Zefram Cochrane is a valet to a Hercule Poirot Expy.
• Money, Dear Boy: Peter Sellers was very negative about the film - he was sure that the film would be a major flop. To his shock, it was a box office smash.
• Playing Against Type: Sir Alec Guiness as a strange butler may surprise people, as well as Peter Falk playing a Humphrey Bogart-style hard-boiled detective instead of his usual Columbo.
  • The trench coat that Peter Falk wears in several scenes is the same one he wore on Columbo.
• Stock Scream: The doorbell. The scream is actually Fay Wray's from King Kong.

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