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Sleuth

Name: Sleuth
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Released: 1972
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine

A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

1972 · Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 138 min · Thriller · Mystery · Crime · 14 frames

Tagline

Think of the perfect crime... Then go one step further.

Crew

Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer
Cinematography: Oswald Morris
Edited by: Richard Marden
Music: John Addison
Production design: Ken Adam
Produced by: Morton Gottlieb

Cast

Laurence Olivier as Andrew Wyke
Michael Caine as Milo Tindle

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: Italian, English
Studios: Palomar Pictures International
Budget: $3,500,000
Box office: $5,750,000
Themes: infidelity, robbery, countryside, upper class, romantic rivalry, author, game, extramarital affair, tense, ominous

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