Sleuth
Dec 10 1972
•2h 18m
•Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Comedy
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife's lover – but things aren't exactly as they seem. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Cast
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Laurence Olivier
Andrew Wyke
Michael Caine
Milo Tindle
Alec Cawthorne
Inspector Doppler
John Matthews
Detective Sergeant Tarrant
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