Sleuth / [Palomar Pictures] ; screenplay by Anthony Shaffer ; produced by Morton Gottlieb ; directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

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Wealthy mystery novelist Andrew Wyke invites lower-class hairdresser Milo Tindle to his elegant English mansion to discuss Milo's affair with Wyke's wife. But when Andrew proposes that Milo participate in a robbery scheme to benefit them all, the two rivals find themselves locked in an increasingly...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Palomar Pictures International
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Shaffer, Anthony, 1926-2001
Gottlieb, Morton
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
Caine, Michael
Language:English
French
Language and/or Writing System:
English and French language tracks.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Troy MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2002], ©2002.
Edition:Widescreen presentation.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Wives > England > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Adultery.
Murder.
Wives.
Drama.
England.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Wealthy mystery novelist Andrew Wyke invites lower-class hairdresser Milo Tindle to his elegant English mansion to discuss Milo's affair with Wyke's wife. But when Andrew proposes that Milo participate in a robbery scheme to benefit them all, the two rivals find themselves locked in an increasingly devious duel of wits and deceptions.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.
Based on the play by Anthony Shaffer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ5 D0016926 VideoDVD
Credits:Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Richard Marden ; music, John Addison.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne.