skimpole Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Does anyone have suggestions for the silliest Movie Murder mystery, the movie whose solution makes so little sense it's idiotic? My nominee is Basic, starring John Travolta and Samuel Jackson, which is sort of like The Usual Suspects without making any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpompper Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Good question, skim. In general, I don't have an appreciation for any kind of "silly movie" (esp. "Airplane," "Naked Gun," "American Pie," etc.) I know some people do like them a LOT. They're just not my thing. I DO like "Arsenic & Old Lace," because I consider it charm melded with comedy. There's a bit of mystery at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrutney Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 i've never figured out who did what to whom and why, in the big sleep. and it didn't bother me a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 "The Private Eyes", movie has the old walk this way gag and a funny one liner. After coming across a skeleton wearing a Santa suit.. Tim Conway...It's Santa! No wonder he didn't come! Don Knotts.....Is there anything you don't beleive in. Private[/i]Eyes+8.JPG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 How about *The Maltese Bippy* (although to be fair, it's more a comedy, not a mystery)? The ending to *Suspicion* is an utter cop-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 *Whose Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe?* 1978, George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley. This is an obscure 70 film that has seem to vanished in the ether. However, *Spoiler Alert!* The boses secretary did it. she thought all the chefs food was making her boss unhealthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I believe *The Cheap Detective* (1978) set a new standard in silliness as to who was the murderer but it was also a silly murder mystery so it was appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 "Murder, He Says." Classic. Fred MacMurray, hillbillies. You can only get it on VHS. The best. And without doubt the VERY silliest. The scene with the round Lazy Susan table where everybody's soup glows in the dark when it's spun around is the clincher. (I guess it's soup. It could be grits. It's been a while.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 *Murder He Says* is available on DVD from Movies Unlimited along with *Feudin', Fightin' and A-Fightin'* http://shop.tcm.com/detail.php?p=360561 Or you can get it via Amazon's On Demand DVD-R program: http://www.amazon.com/Murder-He-Says-Fred-MacMurray/dp/B005STRKC4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335450674&sr=8-1 Both are part of the TCM Vault Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 *Murder He Says *is available on DVD from Movies Unlimited along with *Feudin', Fightin' and A-Fightin'* http://shop.tcm.com/detail.php?p=360561 Or you can get it via Amazon's On Demand DVD-R program: http://www.amazon.com/Murder-He-Says-Fred-MacMurray/dp/B005STRKC4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335450674&sr=8-1 Both are part of the TCM Vault Collection Thanks! I read the other day that you could only get it on VHS and I was going to try to find it. This makes it easy. "Onners flyzis income beezis onchest knobzis innob keesis ..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Any movie that has a butler as the killer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 > {quote:title=MovieMadness wrote:}{quote}Any movie that has a butler as the killer? OOOH! that gives me a great idea for a movie. How about a murder at a butler's convention? You know a butler must have done it, but which one? That's pretty silly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I haven't seen the movie, but I imagine "The Gracie Allen Murder Case" (1939) with Allen and Warren William, isn't your usual Hitchcock-type thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 > {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote} > How about a murder at a butler's convention? You know a butler must have done it, but which one? What of a movie in which a butler commits suicide in such a way as to make it look like he was murdered? What of a movie in which a detective dies and a butler must investigate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VP19 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 How about "The Mad Miss Manton," in which Barbara Stanwyck teams with Henry Fonda for the first time? Imagine Irene Bullock of "My Man Godfrey" fame and some fellow debutantes involved in a murder mystery, and you have this movie, silly but fun. Stanwyck goes screwball and makes it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 > {quote:title=SansFin wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote} > > How about a murder at a butler's convention? You know a butler must have done it, but which one? >What of a movie in which a butler commits suicide in such a way as to make it look like he was murdered? > > What of a movie in which a detective dies and a butler must investigate? Both sound like good ideas to me, and could be silly, or serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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