MURDER BY DEATH

GENRE:  Comedy/ Mystery/ Thriller
MADE:  1976
CAST:  Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote, Maggie Smith
DIRECTOR:  Robert Moore
WRITER:  Neil Simon

PLOT:  A group of literary detectives find themselves guests at a dinner in a mansion when the butler is found murdered.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Clue, Gosford Park, Evil Under The Sun

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Maggie Smith

Name:  Margaret Natalie Smith

From:  Essex, England

Date of birth:  December 28, 1934

Specialty:  Actress

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EVIL UNDER THE SUN

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  1982
CAST:  Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, James Mason
DIRECTOR:  Guy Hamilton
WRITER:  Anthony Shaffer, Agatha Christie, Barry Sandler

PLOT:  On a private island trip hosted by Daphne Castle and her intimate hotel the rich and famous gather together, when a murder is committed and a diamond ring is missing everyone is in question.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Murder By Death, Deathtrap, Sleuth

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KEEPING MUM

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
DIRECTOR:  Niall Johnson
WRITER:  Richard Russo, Niall Johnson

PLOT:  When the town's pastor Walter Goodfellow begins to neglect the emotional needs of his family consisting of a cheating wife, a bullied son and a serial-dating teenage daughter the new housekeeper Grace Hawkins seems to mysteriously handle the situation.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Evil Under The Sun, Mrs. Doubtfire, Murder By Death, Gosford Park

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GOSFORD PARK

GENRE:  Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Clive Owen, Emily Watson
DIRECTOR:  Robert Altman
WRITER:  Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, Julian Fellowes

PLOT:  Set in the England countryside, William McCordle and his wife are having guest over for a hunting party.  When William is mysteriously murdered many things come to light between guests and host.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Valmont, Clue, Keeping Mum

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