Product: Murder by Death (1976)
Rating: 5.0
"James-Sir Benson-Mum?"
Need I say this is a comic masterpiece? Peter Sellers, James Coco, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Elsa Lancester, Peter Faulk, Eileen Brennan. A great cast in a parody movie to top all parody movies. The humor is fast and furious. You may want to watch it twice to catch all the jokes. My only disappointment, perhaps shared by anyone who's seen this in theaters, is the video version ending. In the theatrical release of this movie, there was a funny scene at the end, which is not in the video release. The scene is Sellers (as Wang) is leaving the house, and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (I forget the actor's names) are just arriving, and they ask Wang directions to the house. When they leave, his adopted son asks, "Pop. Why didn't you tell them the whole thing's a sham?" (or something like that) then Wang laughs and says, "Let them figure it out for themselves." I think that's the way it goes. Since they cut that scene from the video, I don't remember it too well. Anyway, it's a riot. One of my favorite comedies of all time.