The Private Eyes The Private Eyes

Who better to solve England's most puzzling mystery than these two international crime busters?

Don Knotts and Tim Conway star in The Private Eyes, a 1980 comedy about two bumbling detectives solving a murder. It's an impressively incompetent affair. Every ancient joke falls with a muffled thud as Knotts and Conway ham their way through the pointless story: The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one. There'

Don Knotts Tim Conway Trisha Noble Bernard Fox Grace Zabriskie John Fujioka Irwin Keyes Fred Stuthman

mystery comedy thriller

91 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Kristal Cooper

    Review by Kristal Cooper ★★★★

    My favourite Knotts/Conway movie. It's really corny but I still like to throw this on and have a double bill viewing with Clue every once in a while.

  • Jeremy Wheeler

    Review by Jeremy Wheeler ★★★★½

    What a great rewatch. This childhood gem still remains pretty damn funny and I was really surprised what came back to me as I watched it. A perfect companion to Murder By Death, which apart from Shot in the Dark, continues to be my favorite murder comedy.