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Sleuth [1972] | ![Sleuth [1972]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BTMBQw3SL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, Ted Martin
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 961
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 133 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437953230
ASIN: B0010BTMCA
Theatrical Release Date: 1972
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new - still shrink wrapped
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Amazon.co.uk
Wicked, nasty, delicious fun. Laurence Olivier is a wealthy English mystery writer. He invites Michael Caine to his elaborate country house, in order to settle some rather unpleasant business between them: Caine is having an affair with Olivier's wife and she is about to divorce the older man. Olivier, smooth as brandy, suggests that there might be a way the two men can help each other but what appears to be an intriguing proposition escalates into a deadly cat-and-mouse game. Sleuth boasts a twisty script by Anthony Shaffer, calculated to drive an audience to distraction and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve) shows a keen eye for the telling detail. But the real fun is watching Olivier and Caine go at each other hammer and tongs, a virtuoso wrestling match between two splendid actors (both were Oscar-nominated, but lost to Marlon Brando in The Godfather). Alec Cawthorne is also quite good as the inquisitive inspector on the case. --Robert Horton
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intense, claustrophobic, heavy duty, farcical... June 29, 2008
Hill Walker (The Pennines of course!)
... improbable, original, surprising...
I watched this for the first time recently as it's been previously hard to get hold of and was impressed by this thespian tour de force. Olivier is brutishly cynical and snobbish conveying a darker xenophobic side of the monied aristocracy perhaps. Caine, ever the underdog but giving as good as he gets as the suave good-time boy.
An object lesson in the art of the classic two-hander genre.
Lengthy luvvie and informative monologue by the author accompanies this fascinating screen adaptation of a marvellous play
A gem of a film May 9, 2008
Siamese (Azores, Portugal)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had been trying to get this original adaptation of Anthony Shaffer's masterful stage play ever since I watched it on a cable movie channel two years ago. If I mentioned Shaffer's masterful stage play, then the film itself is a further proof of a truly perfect and, again, masterful piece of work, with a brilliant screenplay written by Shaffer himself.
Surely, "Sleuth" shows its theatre roots in the dialogue and performances, but the whole is so riveting to behold that it excels within those boundaries of a proper stage play. The plot contrivances, with its multiple twists and turns that spoof the murder/mistery literary genre, the incredibly intricate sophistication of the dialogue and character development, the top-notch direction by the veteran Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and the absolutely marvellous performances by both Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, turn the film into the single best example of its genre. Everything in "Sleuth" is so superbly executed that, as far as I am concerned, makes it so memorable and such compelling viewing that sticks in one's mind forever.
This is a bare-bones release, with no special features, which detracts from the previous 2002 edition from Anchor Bay. However, the film has been notoriously well restored and is a good enough excuse to warrant a purchase of this dvd because it is nothing short of a masterpiece.
British best! May 3, 2008
P. Jackson (Edinburgh. uk)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This film is perfect. I discovered it last year and it's now one of my all time favourates. Olivier and Caine are wonderful here as the older and younger men in a battle of wits and performance.
If you want a whodunit like no other - look no further than slueth.
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