Curiously, Murder by Death also includes a rare film appearance of Breakfast at Tiffany’s author, Truman Capote, as the film’s primary adversary, Lionel Twain.

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As for Death, it did well enough (it grossed $32.5 million, or $150 million today) that a follow-up, The Cheap Detective, with Falk, Simon and Moore returning, was made in 1978.

Besides Murder By Death, Mr. Capote’s only other film roles were narrating TV movies of his short stories The Thanksgiving Visitor and “A Christmas Memory” on ABC Stage 67.