Audio problem: When Miss Jessica Marbles is reading and "finds out" who the murderer is, she closes the book and puts it down saying, "good heavens." But her mouth does not move.
Murder By Death (1976)
1 audio problem
Directed by: Robert Moore
Starring: Alec Guinness, Eileen Brennan, James Coco, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote
Continuity mistake: When Lionel Twain is leaving the dinner table, in one shot his left arm is up, but then down in the next.
Tess Skeffington: He was arrested in 1932 in Chicago for selling pornographic Bibles. The D.A. couldn't make the charge stick when the church refused to turn over the Bibles.
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: "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: According to the script, she is mouthing "I think he's lying."