Sleuth (1972)

138 min · Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir

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Directors

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine

The story

thumb|upright=0.9|Michael Caine plays Milo Tindle, who seeks revenge on Andrew Wyke for a game of humiliation. Andrew Wyke, a successful crime fiction author, lives in a country manor house filled with elaborate games and automata. He invites his wife's lover, Milo Tindle, the owner of two hair salons, to his home and says he would like Milo to take his wife, Marguerite, off his hands so he can be with his more desirable mistress, Téa.

Catalogue themes and tags

Anwesen, Autorin, Cat-and-mouse game, Closet Homosexual, Country Estate, Country House, Cunning, Ermordung, Greed, Infidelity, Intrige, Intrigue, Jewelry, Planned Murder, Police, Rach, Raub, Repressed Homosexual, Rival in Love, Verhältnis, Villa, Zweikampf, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Psychological thriller, Suspense, Mystery

Genres

Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir

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