Deathtrap (1982)

116 min · Crime Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film

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Directors

Sidney Lumet

Cast

Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones, Joe Silver

The story

Playwright Sidney Bruhl debuts his latest in a series of flops and returns home. Dejected, he reveals to his wife, Myra, that he has received an excellent manuscript, Deathtrap, from an unlikely former student, Clifford Anderson, asking for Sidney's input. Cynically, he reflects that the best idea he has had lately is to murder its author and produce the play as his own.

Catalogue themes and tags

Thriller, LGBT, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Drama, Comedy, Film adaptation, Black comedy, Crime Thriller, Whodunit, Suspense

Genres

Crime Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film

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