Continuity mistake: Right at the end when the man takes his mask off, a strand of blonde hair hangs out from the back of "his" head. In the next shot the hair is dark brown.
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
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: 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.