Deathtrap (1982)

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Genre

crime film, mystery film, comedy thriller, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 310 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous playwright in a career slump considers killing his student to steal a promising script. He and his wife plot the crime, but their scheme takes unexpected turns.

suspensefuldarkly comictwistytensetheatricalclevercynicalclaustrophobic

What happens

Deathtrap is a 1982 American black comedy suspense film based on the 1978 play of the same name by Ira Levin. It was directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Levin and Jay Presson Allen, and stars Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon. Critics gave the film mostly favorable reviews while noting its plot similarities to Caine's 1972 film Sleuth. The film narrates the tale of famous playwright Sidney Bruhl, who has not had any hits in recent years. After his student Clifford Anderson entrusts him with the manuscript of a promising play, Sidney tells his wife Myra that if the student has not told anyone else about his play, he could kill Clifford and claim the manuscript as his own. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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