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Let's Be a Proper British Whodunnit

I'm Kenneth Branagh, who for some reason cannot make me.

by Anonymousreply 51August 2, 2023 2:46 AM

I am the the 1930's setting

by Anonymousreply 1June 6, 2023 12:52 AM

I'm the country estate

by Anonymousreply 2June 6, 2023 12:52 AM

I'm the all-star 1960's cast:

Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, David Hemmings, Maggie Smith, Leo Genn, Margaret Rutherford, and Robert Morley as Sir Derek.

Directed by Otto Preminger.

by Anonymousreply 3June 6, 2023 1:03 AM

I'm the score by Richard Rodney Bennett

by Anonymousreply 4July 4, 2023 2:08 AM

I'm Angela Lansbury, back from the dead to straighten this sinking ship.

by Anonymousreply 5July 4, 2023 2:22 AM

I'm Lauren Bacall playing America's greatest tragic actress who was bedridden with an incurable disease.

by Anonymousreply 6July 4, 2023 2:24 AM

I’m the deft comedic undertone that never conflicts with the principal tragedy.

by Anonymousreply 7July 4, 2023 2:27 AM

I'm the Chiltern Hills.

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by Anonymousreply 8July 4, 2023 2:31 AM

I'm the location manager who found the perfect understated country house (in the Chiltern Hills).

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by Anonymousreply 9July 4, 2023 2:35 AM

I’m all of the suspects gathered in the same room at the end so they can be eliminated one by one as such — except one person of course.

by Anonymousreply 10July 4, 2023 2:37 AM

I’m Alistair Sim as the police detective investigating the murder. I also make a cameo as the headmistress of the nearby girls’ school.

by Anonymousreply 11July 4, 2023 2:50 AM

I'm the period Bentley.

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by Anonymousreply 12July 4, 2023 2:53 AM

I'm the line readings given by most of the cast that sound a like an elocution competition.

by Anonymousreply 13July 4, 2023 2:58 AM

R11 That's a good one

by Anonymousreply 14July 4, 2023 3:00 AM

I'm the gramophone record playing a "hip" song while the guest have cocktails

by Anonymousreply 15July 4, 2023 3:01 AM

[quote] I'm Kenneth Branagh, who for some reason cannot make me.

What? Why would Kenneth Branagh want to make himself?

by Anonymousreply 16July 4, 2023 7:20 AM

I'm American comedienne / actress Rita Rudner. I will play an American socialite with British ancestry and add some comic relief.

by Anonymousreply 17July 4, 2023 12:08 PM

I’m the mists that descend on the grounds as night falls.

by Anonymousreply 18July 4, 2023 12:13 PM

I'm Murder at Magwitch Manor (1957).

Starring Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, Joan Collins, John Gavin, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Barbara Jefford, Michael Hordern, Alastair Sim and Inspector Nickleby, and Sir Donald Wolfit.

Sir Edgar invites his nieces and nephews to his country estate for a long weekend. As the tension rises, the true motivations of each guest are revealed. Then, on the second night of the weekend, a storms brews, the lights go out, and.....

Who do you think did it? Who would be the murdered?

by Anonymousreply 19July 4, 2023 4:03 PM

I’m Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, and The Harry Potter movies. Every cast member has appeared in at least one of me.

by Anonymousreply 20July 4, 2023 4:19 PM

I'm the drone that films the gorgeous shot of two miles of British country road having only one solitary car driving on the road in view.

With exquisite musical accompaniment.

by Anonymousreply 21July 4, 2023 4:28 PM

We're the staff. We're played by posher actors than the upstairs characters are.

by Anonymousreply 22July 4, 2023 4:40 PM

I’m the impudent housemaid flirting with the heir suffering from PTSD from The War.

by Anonymousreply 23July 4, 2023 4:42 PM

I'm American director James Ivory

by Anonymousreply 24July 4, 2023 5:06 PM

I'm the homosexual domestic servant.

There's one in every manor.

by Anonymousreply 25July 4, 2023 5:14 PM

I am the opera playing in the background. Maria Callas singing vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore.

by Anonymousreply 26July 4, 2023 5:22 PM

I'm the crypto gay characters

by Anonymousreply 27July 4, 2023 5:25 PM

"I'm the homosexual domestic servant."

"I'm the crypto gay characters"

this turning out to be a very GAY British Whodunnit

by Anonymousreply 28July 4, 2023 5:27 PM

I'm the crotchety old lord of the manor who complains about "..the damnably exasperating strategy of the Frogs..." in the Great War while his younger second wife sniffs about the "foreigners" she sees working in the High Street food stalls.

by Anonymousreply 29July 4, 2023 5:28 PM

I'm a haughty matron, played by Dame Maggie Smith

by Anonymousreply 30July 4, 2023 5:30 PM

I'm the implied threesome with Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, and John Gavin

by Anonymousreply 31July 4, 2023 5:33 PM

I'm the opening of The Mirror Crack'd, Murder at Midnight. It is the best part of the movie.

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by Anonymousreply 32July 4, 2023 5:35 PM

I'm the all-star cast, featuring a mixture of young up-and-comers as well as respected Brit thespian look for an easy paycheck

by Anonymousreply 33July 4, 2023 6:25 PM

I'm the stuffy retired colonel, I like to rant about "the empire"

I will be played by James or Edward Fox

by Anonymousreply 34July 4, 2023 6:32 PM

I'm Queen Victoria - Empress of India.

And Judi Dench's pension pot!

by Anonymousreply 35July 4, 2023 7:28 PM

I am DONALD CRISP

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by Anonymousreply 36July 10, 2023 3:18 AM

I am the young writing team that has "improved" the original story -spicing it up with quips, blood, and more than a little sex. The title is just about the only thing left from the original.

by Anonymousreply 37July 10, 2023 3:39 AM

I'm the black pastor of the early 1930s rural parish conducting the funeral service for the victim

by Anonymousreply 38July 10, 2023 4:11 AM

I’m the “wretched girl with the tea” loitering in the kitchen, flirting with my boyfriend, a poacher.

by Anonymousreply 39July 10, 2023 4:16 AM

I'm Laura Linney introducing me on PBS

by Anonymousreply 40July 10, 2023 1:02 PM

I'm David Tennant, whose arrival puts fear into the heart of everyone in the picturesque village even if he didn't get out of a phone booth.

by Anonymousreply 41July 10, 2023 1:29 PM

I am the flashback from the killer's point of view. The victim looks at the camera and says 'Oh! It's you..what are you....? No, wait!' '

by Anonymousreply 42July 10, 2023 2:11 PM

I am the mysterious murder weapon in "Murder for Christmas", directed by John Waters. Which weapon am I?

Rope?

Dagger/Knife?

Wrench/Spanner?

Pistol/Revolver?

Candlestick?

Lead Pipe?

Ha! Ha! I am none of these! I am the poisonous mistletoe extract that was consumed in the festive Christmas punch on Christmas Eve!.

Dawn Davenport killed everyone that Christmas because she did not get her cha-cha heels, as she demanded !!!

by Anonymousreply 43July 10, 2023 2:26 PM

I am SIR JOHN GIELGUD

by Anonymousreply 44July 10, 2023 10:02 PM

I am a fancy dress ball, a perfect opportunity for mistaken identities and missed clues—as well as for lavish costuming on both male and female guest stars.

by Anonymousreply 45July 10, 2023 10:10 PM

I am Maggie Smith as the Prostitute

by Anonymousreply 46July 11, 2023 3:03 AM

I am SIR JOHN GIELGUD appearing in the remake because I am still alive

by Anonymousreply 47August 1, 2023 2:55 AM

I'm the shooting party.

by Anonymousreply 48August 1, 2023 3:04 AM

I'm the 7 minute speech the detective gives before finally revealing the murderer in order to build tension and keep the audience guessing. I unnecessarily reveal every strange proclivity and fetish of the various family members I've witnessed in the mansion over the last week of investigation despite them being innocent. In real life I would probably ruin this families relationships even more than finding out kind uncle Clarence is a serial killer would do.

by Anonymousreply 49August 1, 2023 3:10 AM

I'm the butler.

by Anonymousreply 50August 1, 2023 3:15 AM

I'm Sir C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Fairfax

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by Anonymousreply 51August 2, 2023 2:46 AM
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