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- From: bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole)
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- Subject: Re: Name that Peter Falk movie (second try)
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:38:09 GMT
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- In article <C1F05s.8su@sci.kun.nl>, grimbergen@macpost.kun.nl writes:
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- > This question may not have reached the right people (I recently changed some
- > distribution options), so here it is again. Last week I ended up in a "name
- > that Peter Falk movie"-competition after a discussion on "The Princess Bride".
- > I lost and one of the reasons was that I couldn't remember a movie in which he
- > is invited (as Lt. Columbo), together with a bunch of other famous book-TV-
- > detectives to a castle or mansion.
-
- Easy one; it's a very, very funny movie called _Murder By Death_.
-
- But you are a little confused on your facts:
-
- I believe all the detectives were from books (tho some have gone on to be
- portrayed in films and TV series)
-
- I think Peter Falk was portraying the Sam Spade/Philip Marlowe type character
- ...I know he wasn't Columbo.
-
- > I remember Peter Sellers playing inspector Clouseau
-
- Peter Sellers was in this movie, but he was Charlie Chan, along with his son.
-
- >and a Miss Marple (not played by Margaret Rutherford)
-
- Yep, and her nurse in the wheelchair.
-
- > and a Hercule Poirot (not played by Peter Ustinov)
-
- Hmmmm...I don't remember him, but Davin Niven was "The Thin Man" along with
- his female companion.
-
- > the host of the party might be Christopher Lee.
-
- It was Truman Capote...his only screen role as far as I know. And his butler
- was played by Sir Alec Guiness, and the deaf maid was Nancy Walker.
-
- Greg Bole "We're talking about a religious
- bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu experience here. I might say 'doth'
- or 'thou' or alot of things."
- Steve Martin in _Grand Canyon_
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