a 1993 American comedy mystery film directed by Woody Allen, co-written by Allen and Marshall Brickman, and starring Alan Alda, Allen, Anjelica Huston, and Diane Keaton

Manhattan Murder Mystery is a 1993 American comedy mystery film directed by Woody Allen, co-written by Allen and Marshall Brickman, and starring Alan Alda, Allen, Anjelica Huston, and Diane Keaton.

detective

This whodunit mystery may be considered an archetype for detective fiction.

a consistently funny comedy—

Like the best of those old Bob Hope or Abbott and Costello comedies which successfully combine mystery with outlandish slapstick, Manhattan Murder Mystery is a consistently funny comedy—laugh out loud funny, at times—that still manages to sustain a satisfyingly puzzling and suspenseful (if implausible) murder mystery at a satisfyingly puzzling and suspenseful (if implausible) murder mystery's core.

a fantastic suspense-comedy from Woody Allen

Manhattan Murder Mystery is a fantastic suspense-comedy from Woody Allen.

the first crime thriller in the Jameson & Argenti Victorian mystery series: hard-boiled urban investigations into serial killers that are packed full of suspense

Murder in Manhattan is the first crime thriller in the Jameson & Argenti Victorian mystery series: hard-boiled urban investigations into serial killers that are packed full of suspense.

a witty and entertaining film from Woody Allen that blends elements of comedy, mystery, and romance

Manhattan Murder Mystery is a witty and entertaining film from Woody Allen that blends elements of comedy, mystery, and romance.

a comedy murder mystery film, directed by and starring Woody Allen and written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) is a comedy murder mystery film, directed by and starring Woody Allen and written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman.

a 1993 comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 44 minutes

Manhattan Murder Mystery is a 1993 comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 44 minutes.

a 1993 comedy-mystery directed by Woody Allen, who also stars in the film alongside frequent collaborator Diane Keaton

'Manhattan Murder Mystery' is a 1993 comedy-mystery directed by Woody Allen, who also stars in the film alongside frequent collaborator Diane Keaton.

within the cool-as-a-cucumber universe of the suspense thriller

Manhattan Murder Mystery takes two of cinema’s most famously jittery individuals and posits them within the cool-as-a-cucumber universe of the suspense thriller.

an American film about a middle-aged married couple who become engrossed in investigating the death of their neighbour’s wife, in which they suspect foul play

Manhattan Murder Mystery is an American film about a middle-aged married couple who become engrossed in investigating the death of their neighbour’s wife, in which they suspect foul play.

suspenseful thriller

The series focuses on NYPD detective Michael Bennett and could be described as suspenseful thriller genre.

Hitchcock-light territory's own potential to Allen's traditional turf

A Woody Allen dramatic comedy mystery, Manhattan Murder Mystery explores Hitchcock-light territory but ignores Hitchcock-light territory's own potential and defaults to Allen's traditional turf.

for example as a thriller/action film (the third greatest thriller/action film, no less)

Manhattan Murder Mystery, for example, is listed as a thriller/action film (the third greatest thriller/action film, no less), but the third greatest thriller/action film's actually a comedy.

a high-stakes historical thriller

Manhattan is a high-stakes historical thriller—the series begins with a countdown: 766 days before Hiroshima—but with some more grandiose ambitions.

mystery/thriller

an official title’s a mystery/thriller type story and an official title’s set in the 1920s.

crime, drama and horror

The genre of the series are crime, drama and horror.

a psychological thriller set in late 18oo

This book is a psychological thriller set in late 18oo’s Manhattan.

cozy mystery

The books are your quintessential “cozy mystery” stories, set among New York City high society and never getting particularly violent despite the subject matter.

romantic mystery

In this pulse-pounding romantic mystery set opposed to the backdrop of recent York City’s storied underworld, loyalties can be demonstrated, secrets and techniques could be instructed, and mob justice might be served.