History Trivia / MurderByDeath

** Miss Marbles converses with a taxi driver on arriving at Twain's. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEiT8VXUyQ here]].

** TrumanCapote is Lionel Twain

** Not to mention fellow American Creator/JamesCromwell as Perrier's chauffeur Marcel.

-->'''Milo Perrier:''' Never underestimate a Frenchman's nostrils, Miss Twain.\\\
'''Milo Perrier:''' I'm not a Frenchy! I'm a Belgy!

*** Not to mention fellow American Creator/JamesCromwell as Perrier's chauffeur Marcel.

** The American actor James Coco plays Milo Perrier, who (depending on which line of dialogue you believe) is either a Frenchman or a Belgian.

* FakeNationality

* HeyItsThatGuy -- Pretty much anyone in this movie falls under this trope.

** Dick and Dora Charleston encounter Tess Skeffington traveling on foot and fail to give her a lift. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge77QeBmlpE here]].
** Miss Marbles converses with a taxi driver on arriving at Lionel Twain's. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEiT8VXUyQ here]].

* DeletedScene: Some TV versions contain it, though. It is an endscene wherein a pair of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson expies arrive late, after the whole thing is over. This was one of several scenes that, typically for the era, were made especially for the film's network TV airing. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge77QeBmlpE&feature=PlayList&p=BCB28D9094B7CDE3&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1 All can be found on YouTube.]]

** Series/{{Rhoda}}'s mom is the cook.

* AllStarCast: Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/DavidNiven, Creator/PeterSellers, Dame Creator/MaggieSmith, a young James Cromwell, and a rare acting appearance by Truman Capote.

** Eileen Brennan, who plays the maid here, would also have an important part in [[Film/{{Clue}} another affectionate parody of manor murder mysteries]].

* AllStarCast: Peter Falk, Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/DavidNiven, Creator/PeterSellers, Dame Creator/MaggieSmith, a young James Cromwell, and a rare acting appearance by Truman Capote.

* AllStarCast: Peter Falk, Creator/AlecGuinness, David Niven, Creator/PeterSellers, Dame Maggie Smith, the first appearance of James Cromwell and a rare acting appearance by Truman Capote.

* DeletedScene: Some TV versions contain it, though. It is an endscene wherein a Franchise/SherlockHolmes Expy arrives late, after the whole thing is over. This was one of several scenes that, typically for the era, were made especially for the film's network TV airing. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge77QeBmlpE&feature=PlayList&p=BCB28D9094B7CDE3&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1 All can be found on YouTube.]]

** [[Theatre/ManOfLaMancha Sancho Panza]] is Milo Perrier, and, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Dr. Arthur Arden, Pope Pius XII, George H.W. Bush, Phillip Bauer, Dr. Zefram Cochrane, Farmer Arthur Hoggett, etc., etc., etc.,]] is Marcel.

* AllStarCast: Peter Falk, Creator/AlecGuinness, David Niven, Creator/PeterSellers, Dame Maggie Smith, the first appearance of James Cromwell and a rare acting appearance by Truman Capote. Probably quite a case of HeyItsThatGuy in some cases. Apparently at this late date 35+ years later the dvd producers felt PeterFalk the most recognizable star given his placement on the cover. The original 1976 posters featured all the characters equally.

** Eileen Brennan would end up playing an important part in [[Film/{{Clue}} another affectionate parody of manor murder mysteries]].
** Series/{{Columbo}} is a [[TheMalteseFalcon Sam Spade]] {{Expy}}.
** The Film/BrideOfFrankenstein plays Miss Marples' {{Expy}}, and famed character actress Estelle Winwood is her nurse.
** [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Sir Charles Lytton]] and [[Film/HarryPotter Prof. Minerva McGonagall]] are Dick and Dora Charleston.

** Even Willy Wang, played by character actor Richard Narita, is a minor form of this, as he's been just about everywhere in bit or supporting roles in his career.

** The Film/BrideOfFrankenstein plays Miss Marples' {[Expy}}, and famed character actress Estelle Winwood is her nurse.

** British actor Peter Sellers as a Chinese detective. Likely a parody of how CharlieChan had never been played by a Chinese actor [[TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan in live action]]). It is later revealed he was actually either [[spoiler:Lionel Twain's illegitimate son or adopted and raised by Twain]]. In either case, no explanation is given for his speech.

--->Milo Perrier: Never underestimate a Frenchman's nostrils, Miss Twain.
--->Milo Perrier: I'm not a Frenchy! I'm a Belgy!

** [[StarWars Ben Kenobi]] is the butler.
** [[ThePinkPanther Inspector Jacques Clouseau]] (or, if you prefer, [[TheGoonShow Hercules Grypthype-Thynne, Maj. Bloodnok, Min Bannister and many, MANY other characters]]) is a CharlieChan {{Expy}}.

** {{Columbo}} is a [[TheMalteseFalcon Sam Spade]] {{Expy}}.
** [[BrideOfFrankenstein The Bride of Frankenstein]] plays Miss Marples' {[Expy}}, and famed character actress Estelle Winwood is her nurse.
** [[ThePinkPanther Sir Charles Lytton]] and [[Film/HarryPotter Prof. Minerva McGonagall]] are Dick and Dora Charleston.
** [[ManOfLaMancha Sancho Panza]] is Milo Perrier, and, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Dr. Arthur Arden, Pope Pius XII, George H.W. Bush, Phillip Bauer, Dr. Zefram Cochrane, Farmer Arthur Hoggett, etc., etc., etc...]] is Marcel.

** Even Willy Wang, played by character actor Richard Narita, is a minor form of this, as he's been just about everywhere in bit or supporting roles in his career.

** [[ThePinkPanther Sir Charles Lytton]] and [[HarryPotter Prof. Minerva McGonagall]] are Dick and Dora Charleston.

** [[ThePinkPanther Inspector Jacques Clouseau]] (or, if your prefer, [[TheGoonShow Hercules Grypthype-Thynne, Maj. Bloodnok, Min Bannister and many, MANY other characters]]) is a CharlieChan {{Expy}}.

** TheBrideOfFrankenstein plays Miss Marples' {[Expy}}, and famed character actress Estelle Winwood is her nurse.

** [[ManOfLaMancha Sancho Panza]] is Milo Perrier, and, [[LoadsAndLoasdOfCharacters Dr. Arthur Arden, Pope Pius XII, George H.W. Bush, Phillip Bauer, Dr. Zefram Cochrane, Farmer Arthur Hoggett, etc., etc., etc...]] is Marcel.

** [[TheBrideOfFrankenstein]] plays Miss Marples' {[Expy}}, and famed character actress Estelle Winwood is her nurse.

* HeyItsThatGuy

** [[ThePinkPanther Inspector Jacques Clouseau]] is a CharlieChan {{Expy}} and [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact Dr. Zefram Cochrane]] is a valet to a HerculePoirot {{Expy}}
** Eileen Brennan would end up playing an important part in [[Film/{{Clue}} another affectionate parody of manor murder mysteries]].

** British actor Peter Sellers as a Chinese detective. Likely a parody of how CharlieChan had never been played by a Chinese actor [[TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan in live action]]).
It is later revealed he was actually either [[spoiler:Lionel Twain's illegitimate son or adopted and raised by Twain]]. In either case, no explanation is given for his speech.

-->Milo Perrier: Never underestimate a Frenchman's nostrils, Miss Twain.
-->Milo Perrier: I'm not a Frenchy! I'm a Belgy!

** Played straight with his son Wang. Wang, as it turns out, was actually [[spoiler:raised by Twain and is an American of Chinese birth]]. No explanation is given for his speech.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[StarWars Ben Kenobi]] is the butler.