Jessica Marbles Detective

Murder by death is a 1976 american comedy mystery film directed by robert moore and written by neil simon the film stars eileen brennan truman capote james coco peter falk alec guinness elsa lanchester david niven peter sellers maggie smith nancy walker and estelle winwood.

Jessica marbles detective.

James coco rather nicely parodies agatha christie s poirot as milo perrier and elsa lanchester s miss jessica marbles is a fun take on christie s miss marple. If you have never seen this movie before buy it. The guests gather in the drawing room for cocktails and deduce that the world s greatest detectives have been brought together for a reason. Neil simon s comic tribute to detective films begins when a reclusive millionaire invites a number of famed detectives each a parody of a famous literary sleuth to dinner.

You will laugh your head off. The plot is a broad parody or spoof of the traditional country house whodunit familiar to mystery fiction. Peter falk as sam diamond peter sellers as a charlie chan spinoff detective as inspector wong etc. I m not one to use hyperbole ladies and gentlemen but i ll tell you this for the first time in my life i had the caca scared out of me.

Simon moore and several of this film s cast members collaborated again two years later on the film noir spoof the cheap detective. Within the context of marvel s shared universe jones is a former superhero who becomes. Sam is less passive about his gargoyle encounter and threatens bensonmum at gunpoint. Jessica marbles has one too and it sounds really neat and literary.

Dickie i like her. Naturally a series of. Jessica marbles elsa lanchester is a parody of christie s miss marple and the associated little old lady investigates trope by extension. Jessica campbell jones cage is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics the character was created by writer brian michael bendis and artist michael gaydos and first appeared in alias 1 november 2001 as part of marvel s max an imprint for more mature content.

Directed by robert moore. Murder by death 1976 elsa lanchester as jessica marbles. With peter falk alec guinness peter sellers eileen brennan. Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.