Sleuth [1972]


Director	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Selected Cast	Laurence Olivier as Andrew Wyke
	Michael Caine as Milo Tindle
	Alec Cawthorne as Inspector Doppler
	John Matthews as Detective Sergeant Tarrant

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A USA / UK co-production

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Magic Marmalade 5th Jul 2023		Rated 10/10 Still the best of it's kind for me! This was probably my earliest introduction murder mystery / stageplay movies, and it remains entrancing to me all these years later. Just two dudes in a room (a very BIG room.. in a very BIG manor house in the country) trying to out-wit, and out-do each other in the ultimate, deadly game of cat and mouse. - OK, so the "twist" probably won't fool many, if any, but it's the drama, and the acting, as well as the portrayal of very specific character tropes of the time: Olivier's arrogant, upper-crust English Aristocrat gentleman sleuth novelist of leisure, set against Caine's lower class cockney / immigrant / new blood / new money, comparatively youthful type that makes this endlessly captivating. ...So much so, that you find yourself perfectly prepared to consciously suspend any disbelief you will undoubtedly have, and go along for the ride. (As opposed to having to be convinced by the movie makers to do so, by any contrivance of theirs) Still the gold standard of tightly focused murder mystery movies for me. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



jaimeeduardo 29th Dec 2020

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