Un cadavre au dessert

Titre original : Murder by Death

1976
PG
1h 35m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,3/10

43 k

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Liretrailer3 min 14 s

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Bumbling Detective Cozy Mystery Farce Parody Whodunnit Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller

Cinq célèbres détectives de fiction et leurs acolytes sont invités dans un étrange manoir pour résoudre un mystère encore plus étrange.Cinq célèbres détectives de fiction et leurs acolytes sont invités dans un étrange manoir pour résoudre un mystère encore plus étrange.Cinq célèbres détectives de fiction et leurs acolytes sont invités dans un étrange manoir pour résoudre un mystère encore plus étrange.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,3/10

43 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 3 nominations au total

Anecdotes
The screaming woman sound used as a doorbell is Fay Wray's screams from King Kong (1933). Her unique scream has made her known as the "Scream Queen" of movies.

Gaffes
(at around 1h 14 mins) Milo Perrier tells Sam Diamond, "I'm not a Frenchy... I'm a Belgie," referring to the fact he is from Belgium and not France. However, in discussing Twain's annual poodle hunt in France, he implies that's his home country, and later he says, referring to himself, that you should "never underestimate a Frenchman's nostrils."

Citations
Dora Charleston: Thank you. You are?
Jamesir Bensonmum: Bensonmum.
Dora Charleston: Thank you, Benson.
Jamesir Bensonmum: No, no, no, no, no... Bensonmum. My name is Bensonmum.
Dick Charleston: Bensonmum?
Jamesir Bensonmum: Yes, sir. Jamesir Bensonmum.
Dick Charleston: Jamesir?
Jamesir Bensonmum: Yes, sir.
Dick Charleston: Jamesir Bensonmum?
Jamesir Bensonmum: Yes, sir.
Dick Charleston: How odd.
Jamesir Bensonmum: My father's name, sir.
Dick Charleston: What was your father's name?
Jamesir Bensonmum: Howard. Howard Bensonmum.
Dick Charleston: Your father was Howard Bensonmum?
Dora Charleston: Leave it be, Dickie. I've had enough.

Générique farfelu
Opening credits: Starring (In Diabolical Order)

Autres versions
The original ABC Network broadcast of the film contained four additional scenes not found in the theatrical or DVD version. 1. Jessica Marbles' taxi driver (played by Peter Sellers) requests a large fare. 2. Dick and Dora Charleston narrowly avoid running over Tess Skeffington, who is walking back to Sam Diamond's car from a service station because she and Sam ran out of gas. Satisfied that Tess is all right, the Charlestons simply drive off, leaving her there. 3. When Willie Wang covers up the body of Twain, he finds a note in Twain's hand and smugly announces this to the others. 4. As the detectives drive away from Twain's house at the end of the film, Inspector Wang and Willie pass another car carrying Sherlock Holmes (Keith McConnell) and Dr. Watson (Richard Peel) heading towards the Twain home. When Willie asks his father "Why didn't you warn them?" Wang replies "Let idiots find out for themselves."

Connexions
Featured in 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980)

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Flippin' brilliant!!!

They don't make movies this funny any more....now a guy getting it on with a pie is considered high comedy, but THIS is what truly funny is all about, then again, with so few of the actors in this being alive still, maybe it's not too surprising that current films mostly suck. Who else can be as funny as Peter Sellers? (certainly Steve Martin won't be) Who else can deliver a line as smoothly as David Niven? ("Saved only by the fact that I am INCREDIBLY well bred") Who could be as twisted as Capote? (THE COW, THE COW! Use your god damn personal pronouns and prepositions!) And of course, Alec Guiness being gone makes such a role unplayable by anyone acting these days!!! Great actors, at the height of their skills, a great script, great direction, and Maggie Smith at her hottest ("I want my Dickie! My husband.") Too bad they can't make movies this good anymore....