Sleuth

Dec 10, 1972

2h 18m

★ 7.7

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Palomar Pictures International

Sleuth Trailers

Cast

Andrew Wyke

Laurence Olivier

Milo Tindle

Michael Caine

Inspector Doppler

Alec Cawthorne

Detective Sergeant Tarrant

John Matthews

Marguerite Wyke

Eve Channing

Police Constable Higgs

Teddy Martin

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.

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7.1

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5.8

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7.6

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6.5

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7.0

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6.4

Shaft

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Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

6.3

Johnny Handsome

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6.2

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6.6

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7.2

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8.1

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7.9

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