Product: Murder by Death (1976)
Rating: 5.0
WARNING: MISSING SCENE ON VHS CONFIRMED
Everything great about this movie has already been said so I don't need to repeat it here. As my favorite movie ever, I've seen it literally a few hundred times and have become one of those people that annoyingly say the lines right before the great actors deliver them. Now, about that missing scene: I don't know about the DVD version, I haven't seen it, but as far as the video goes, it is missing a great scene at the end where all the detectives are leaving the Twain mansion. In this scene, Wang's car is in the front, and stops at another car approaching from the other direction. This car has none other than Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in a cameo! Watson asks for directions to Twain's mansion, which Wang gives him. Adopted son Willie asks "Gee pop, why didn't you tell him it was a rip off?" Wang responds with a grin: "Let idiots find out for themselves." This scene was included on the TV broadcast version from maybe 20 years ago or so (bad print but the scene is included). Why it is deleted from the video is a mystery to me and is unfortunate for fellow fans of this movie.