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Murder by the Book

Name: Murder by the Book
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Duration: 94 min
Cast: Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Christopher Murney, Fred Gwynne, Celeste Holm

198794 minComedy · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

★ 6.2 / 10 TMDb rating · 8 votes

United States

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What is Murder by the Book about?

Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan, constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.