The Private Eyes (1980) on Netflix
The late Lord Morley wrote asking Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart, American detectives, to look into his own murder at his country manor. The heiress and the household staff live there.
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Plot summary
Lord and Lady Morley are apparently killed in their car outside their English country mansion. Their adopted daughter Phyllis Morley is the heiress. A letter from the late Lord Morley asks Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investigate his own murder. The two are American detectives who work for Scotland Yard after problems in the United States. They travel to the manor, where they meet the heiress and the household staff. The mansion may be haunted, and the staff include a samurai, a hunchback, a maid, a gypsy and a butler.
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- Stan Rossas Tibet
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Private Eyes (1980)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- This was the final pairing of Conway and Knotts, not counting their cameos as two California Highway Patrol officers in the 1983 film Cannonball Run II.
- Conway and John Myhers wrote the screenplay that became The Prize Fighter, and after its success at the box office in 1979 the pair wrote another Knotts and Conway team-up, The Private Eyes.
- The Private Eyes earned $12 million in rentals during its initial release, which made it the highest-grossing film made at New World Pictures under Roger Corman.
