Sleuth [Import] PG
If It Was Murder, Where's the Body?
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: December 4, 2015
- Originally Released: 1972
- Label: Imports
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Laurence Olivier & Michael Caine | |
Directed by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | |
Edited by | Richard Marden | |
Screenplay by | Anthony Shaffer | |
Composition by | John Addison | |
Produced by | Morton Gottlieb | |
Director of Photography: | Oswald Morris | |
Executive Production by | Edgar J. Scherick |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/4 --
What really makes the movie come alive--what makes it work better than the play, really--are the lead performances by Lord Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, and Alec Cawthorne.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Thoroughly entertaining.
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Time Out
Rating: 5/5 --
Delicious, wickedly funny game of cat-and-cat.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
3 stars out of 5 -- [A]s twisty-turny as Olivier's beloved detective stories...
Total Film
Rating: 4/5 --
A hugely enjoyable thriller, adapted by Anthony Shaffer from his own phenomenally successful stage play, about two men involved in an intellectual but deadly game of cat and mouse.
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Film4
Rating: 4/5 --
It's one of those works built around a gimmick that in fact requires a little cheating on the part of the filmmakers in order to succeed. But it's a good gimmick.
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 4/4 --
With the exception of a brief showing by British thespian Alec Cawthorne, the only actors on screen are Olivier and Caine. Both are so good that there's not a moment when we wish for someone else to interrupt their duel.
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Product Description:
Rarely has a movie with only three characters been so enthralling as SLEUTH, guided by the expert direction of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Mystery writer and gamesman Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) has found the next target for his mind games: Milo Tindal (Michael Caine), a nice young British hairdresser who is having an affair with Andrew's neglected wife, hoping to eventually marry her. Professing to want to release his wife to him, Andrew lures Milo to his country house to play a very nasty trick--but Andrew's trick comes back to haunt him. Featuring a revelation viewers will have to fight to hold back when recommending this mystery to friends, SLEUTH will greatly appeal to drawing-room murder fans, who will find the movie thrilling with its unexpected twists and turns. Both the unscrupulous and unremorseful Andrew and Milo, sweet but up to Andrew's challenge, shine in each other's company, shrugging off each wicked verbal barb before zinging back another. Both Caine and Olivier are brilliant in their roles; the former was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. SLEUTH is based on the play by British playwright Anthony Shaffer.
Keywords:
Rivalry
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Detectives
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Mystery
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Stage Play
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Deception
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
Product Info
- UPC: 9344256013027
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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