Sleuth

Sleuth (1972)

"If It Was Murder, Where's the Body?"

TMDb Score

77

PG 2 hr 18 minDec 10th, 1972Thriller, Crime, Mystery

A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem.

Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring

Laurence Olivieras Andrew Wyke

Michael Caineas Milo Tindle

Alec Cawthorneas Inspector Doppler

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Cast & Crew

Laurence Olivier

as Inspector Doppler

as Detective Sergeant Tarrant

Movie Details

Original Language:English

Production Companies:Palomar Pictures International, 20th Century Fox

Movie Tags:robbery author infidelity

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