Murder by Death - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Murder by Death"
Murder by Death (1976)
Timing:
1:34 (94 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Ray Stark
Producer
Writer
Casting
Jennifer Shull
Casting
Editor
John F. Burnett
Editor
Art Direction
Harry Kemm
Art Direction
Costume Design
Stunts
Production Design
Stephen B. Grimes
Production Design
Set Decoration
Marvin March
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Joe DiBella
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tex Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Associate Producer
Roger M. Rothstein
Associate Producer
Second Assistant Director
David Sosna
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Roger Shearman
Camera Operator
Costumer
Agnes G. Henry
Costumer
Tony Faso
Costumer
Sound Effects Editor
Frank E. Warner
Sound Effects Editor
Property Master
Terry E. Lewis
Property Master
Hairstylist
Vivienne Walker
Hairstylist
Still Photographer
Mel Traxel
Still Photographer
Sound Mixer
Jerry Jost
Sound Mixer
Assistant Costume Designer
Mary Malin
Assistant Costume Designer
Boom Operator
Joseph Kite
Boom Operator
Assistant Editor
Michael A. Stevenson
Assistant Editor
Key Grip
Richard Moran
Key Grip
Carpenter
Ron Frazier
Carpenter
Special Effects
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
Makeup Supervisor
Gaffer
Norman Harris
Gaffer
Assistant Director
Fred T. Gallo
Assistant Director
Music Editor
George Probert
Music Editor
First Assistant Camera
Robert Edesa
First Assistant Camera
Unit Publicist
Carol Shapiro
Unit Publicist
Title Graphics
Charles Addams
Title Graphics
Assistant Production Manager
Shari Leibowitz
Assistant Production Manager
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Finance
Vince Martinez
Finance
Producer's Assistant
Frank Bueno
Producer's Assistant
Editorial Staff
John Brice
Editorial Staff
Continuity
Julia Tucker
Continuity
Dialogue Coach
George Rondo
Dialogue Coach
Supervising Film Editor
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming took place in the United States, with the entire film shot at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, which was then known as Burbank Studios.
- The original title translates to "Murder by Death".
- The sound of the doorbell is female screams. It uses a scream by Fay Wray (1907-2004) from the horror film “King Kong” (1933) directed by Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973) and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893-1979).
- All the detectives shown in the film are parodies of characters from the books of three writers: Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), whose Nick Charles and Sam Spade served as prototypes for Dick Charleston and Sam Diamond in the film, Agatha Christie (1890-1976), whose Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple became, respectively, Milo Perrie and Miss Marbles, and Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) with his Charlie Chan, who served as the prototype for Sidney Wang shown in the film.
- Initially, it was intended that Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) would play the heroine named Abigail Christen (a reference to Agatha Christie), but she refused to film when it became clear that Myrna Loy (1905-1993) would not be in the movie. Then the heroine's name was changed to Abigail Christmas, and the role went to Estelle Winwood (1883-1984). Afterwards, the script was rewritten many times, and Winwood became a nurse caring for a new character – Miss Jessica Marbles, played by Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986).
- A country road was constructed in a pavilion of the television production enterprise at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California. This went against the common practice at the time of filming some locations on location. The set was built to give the film the characteristic atmosphere of detective stories set in the 1930s or 1940s. A huge rotating drum was built, on the surface of which trees and branches were drawn, and to which branches were even attached in places; and this drum rotated while the cars remained in the same place. The cars would occasionally shudder, conveying the impression of movement, and outside, like on a giant carousel, views of the surroundings moved. This technique was often used in films of the 1920s, and was later repeatedly employed by Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007). Approximately a hundred evergreen trees, several hundred shrubs, a huge amount of foliage, and several tons of earth were used to create the country road, and the construction was not cheap.
- The setting shifts from a gloomy and broken country road to a secluded and equally gloomy mansion. Its construction began in August 1975 and was completed in record time. The script described it as a building in Victorian style, however, set designer Stephen B. Grimes (1027-1988) took certain liberties with it. Grimes imagined this structure as being similar to buildings on the estates of American millionaires, which they had transported brick by brick from Europe.
- Orson Welles (1915-1985) was considered for the role of Inspector Wang, but he was busy with another project.
- The original title translates as "Murder by Death."
- Initially, it was assumed that the heroine named Abigail Christian (a reference to Agatha Christie) would be played by Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), but she refused to film when it turned out that Myrna Loy (1905-1993) was not going to be in the film. Then the heroine's name was changed to Abigail Christmas, and the role went to Estelle Winwood (1883-1984). The script was then repeatedly rewritten, and Winwood became a nurse caring for a new character - Miss Jessica Marbles, played by Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986).
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