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Sleuth

A deadly duel of wits is being played out by Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle. The two have come together to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife - the same wife that both are sleeping with. As wit becomes wicked and clever becomes cutthroat, Wyke and Tindle's game of one-upmanship spirals out of control.

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  • "Mord mit kleinen Fehlern"
  • "limier"
  • "Le limier"
  • "Mord für zwei"

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  • "A deadly duel of wits is being played out by Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle. The two have come together to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife - the same wife that both are sleeping with. As wit becomes wicked and clever becomes cutthroat, Wyke and Tindle's game of one-upmanship spirals out of control."@en
  • ""A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results"--Internet movie database, as viewed on February 12, 2008. In England, Andrew Wyke, upper class author of detective stories, invites the lower class Italian English hairdresser Milo Tindle to visit his isolated house. Milo is in love with Andrew's wife, who is used to having a comfortable life, and he intends to marry her. Andrew proposes that Milo steal his jewelry simulating a burglary. Milo would make a fortune selling the jewels to a fence, and Andrew would be reimbursed by the insurance company and would not pay alimony. However, Andrew is playing a deadly game."@en
  • "Two equally matched adversaries masterfully conspire the perfect crime in an intricate, intriguing, and unpredictable contest of wills and wits."
  • "Two equally matched adversaries masterfully conspire the perfect crime in an intricate, intriguing, and unpredictable contest of wills and wits."@en
  • "A mystery novelist invites his wife's lover to his house and plays diabolical and deadly tricks on him, only to have the games returned in revenge."@en
  • "A mystery novelist invites his wife's lover to his house and plays diabolical and deadly tricks on him, only to have the games returned in revenge."
  • "Andrew Wyke, a well known writer of detective novels, invites a neighbour, Milo Tindle, over for a quiet drink. When Wyke informs his guest that he is aware of the affair between his wife and Tindle but doesn't mind, what begins as a quiet evening turns into a suspence filled intriguing series of twists and turns, gameplaying and intellectual combat between the two protagonists."@en
  • "Andrew Wyke, riche et aristocratique auteur de romans policiers, a invité à son manoir l'amant de sa femme, Milo Tindle, pour discuter d'un règlement à l'amiable de la situation. Il lui propose une escroquerie à l'assurance qui pourrait leur être profitable à tous 2 à condition que Milo se prête à la mise en scène d'un vol. Il apparaît vite que Wyke accepte mal que sa femme le quitte et qu'il déteste cordialement son rival. Commence alors un affrontement ludique entre les 2 hommes où chacun humilie l'autre."
  • "Crime novelist and fanatical game player Andrew Wyke invites Milo Tindle, the lover of Andrew's wife Marguerite, to join him for cocktails at his sprawling estate. Andrew,fearing the loss of his fortune in alimony payments, proposes that Milo assist him in an insurance scam by faking a burglary on the property. Milo initially agrees, but as the evening wears on Andrew's true diabolical plan is revealed and a web of intrigue and gamesmanship spirals out of control with deadly results."
  • "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."@en
  • "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."
  • "Locked in a high-tech English manor and bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle have come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife. She is the woman both men are sleeping with. But as wit becomes wicked and clever becomes cutthroat, Wyke and Tindle's game of one-upmanship spirals out of control, escalating in a chess match that can have only one outcome. Someone will be murdered."@en
  • "Locked in a high-tech English manor and bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle have come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife. She is the woman both men are sleeping with. But as wit becomes wicked and clever becomes cutthroat, Wyke and Tindle's game of one-upmanship spirals out of control, escalating in a chess match that can have only one outcome. Someone will be murdered."
  • ""Lighthearted mystery ... about games-playing mystery writer ... leading his wife's lover ... into diabolical trap"--L. Maltin."
  • "Andrew Wyke, un riche auteur de romans policiers anglais invite dans sa somptueuse demeure Milo Tindle, un jeune comédien sans le sou, dont il connaît la liaison avec son épouse, et lui propose de simuler le cambriolage de sa propriété pour toucher l'argent de l'assurance."
  • "Een door spelletjes bezeten schrijver van misdaadverhalen wil de minnaar van zijn vrouw een lesje leren."
  • "A mystery full of twists and turns starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. A game-playing mystery writer baits his wife's lover into a trap."
  • "This celebrated thriller stars Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine as a pair of scheming socialites who play elaborate psychological games against each other, with ever-deadlier consequences. Andrew Wyke (Olivier) invites his wife's lover, former hairdresser Milo Tindle (Caine), to his country home. He has a proposal for Tindle which could benefit them both, but not everything is as clear cut as it might seem..."
  • "A successful thriller writer invents a murder plot which rebounds on himself."@en

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  • "Thriller"@en
  • "Mystery films"@en
  • "Mysteries"@en
  • "British films"@en
  • "Policier/Thriller"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Plays"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "DVD collection"
  • "Features"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Video recordings"
  • "Thrillers (Motion pictures)"
  • "Thrillers (Motion pictures)"@en
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)"@en
  • "fiction policière (fiction)"
  • "Detective and mystery films"@en
  • "Detective and mystery films"
  • "Suspense films"@en

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  • "Sleuth (Film : 1972)"
  • "Sleuth"
  • "Sleuth"@en
  • "sleuth"
  • "Sleuth (Motion picture : 2007)"
  • "Sleuth (1972)"@en
  • "Sleuth = Gli insospettabili"
  • "Sleuth (Film cinématographique : 2007)"
  • "Sleuth = Le limier"
  • "Sleuth (Motion picture)"
  • "Sleuth (Motion picture)"@en

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