A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
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Title: Sleuth (1972)
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| Laurence Olivier | ... | Andrew Wyke | |
| Michael Caine | ... | Milo Tindle | |
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Alec Cawthorne | ... | Inspector Doppler (credit only) |
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John Matthews | ... | Detective Sergeant Tarrant (credit only) |
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Eve Channing | ... | Marguerite Wyke (credit only) |
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Teddy Martin | ... | Police Constable Higgs (credit only) |
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Andrew Wyke is a famous and successful author of detective novels. Milo Tindle comes to him with a strange request, that Mr Wyke divorce his wife so that Tindle can marry her. Mr Wyke is not particularly perturbed by this, he and his wife have drifted apart, and he is having an affair with another woman anyway, but uses the meeting and Mr Tindle's request as a chance to play a game, a game with potentially deadly consequences. Written by grantss
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battle of wits | suspense | surprise ending | psychotronic film | jewelry |Taglines:
Who was the player? Who was the pawn? In this deadly game . . . See more »Parents Guide:
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15 December 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Milo Tindle: And now she's in love with me. And you can't forgive that.
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The two London street name signs in Andrew's cellar are references to crime mysteries; Baker Street was the fictional residence of Sherlock Holmes, and Berner Street was the real-life scene of a Jack the Ripper murder. See more »Goofs
Milo's arm changes position when Andrew is trying to figure out the Italian clue. See more »Quotes
Andrew Wyke: Whether I love her or not, I found her. I've kept her. She represents me. Once, she was in love with me.Milo Tindle: And now she's in love with me. And you can't forgive that.
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Brilliant film about two men (Oscar nominees Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine) who meet at Olivier's house and go over an elaborate scheme to keep Olivier's fortune when his wife (about to divorce him to be with Caine) leaves him by staging a robbery performed by Caine. The strangeness does not stop there though as the two men each have personal motives and the twists and turns become dizzying as the movie progresses. Laurence Olivier is truly magnificent here, as he almost always was. Michael Caine, only 39 at the time, holds his own and that is far from an easy thing to do in a production like this. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's brilliant direction makes a film that could have been very dull into a stunning cinematic experience that stands tall against other films from the 1970s and all other decades for that matter. 5 stars out of 5.