A successful author of detective novels by sir Andrew Wyke invites me to visit Milo Tindle, his wife's lover. He arrives at the luxurious mansion of the writer, where he received an unexpected offer. Sir Andrew knows about their relationship and even ready to let her go.
But as she was accustomed to live in luxury, affluent ladies ' man need to stage a robbery of the house Wikov. Sir Andrew gets the insurance money, and Milo sell stolen and will be able to give mistress worthy content
Sleuth
| Year | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Country | UK, USA |
| Tagline | If it was murder, where's the body? |
| Director | Joseph Leo Mankiewicz |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Scriptwriters | Anthony Shaffer |
| Produced | Morton GottliebDavid MiddlemasEdgar J. Scherick |
| Music | John Addison |
| Art Direction | Ken AdamPeter LamontJohn Furniss |
| Editing | Richard Marden |
| Genres | ThrillerDetective |
| Release Date | December 10, 1972 |
| MPAA | PG |
| Runtime | 138 min. |
Plot Summary
Did You Know?
Shooting period: April July 1972.
The last film of Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Alan Bates refused the role of Milo Tindle, finding it inappropriate for an actor of his status. Albert Finney recognized several full. The role was given to Michael Caine.
Kane was glad to work with Lawrence Olivier, but still could not figure out how to contact the great actor. Going to a dead end, he even asked him about it. He said, "Well, I am the Lord Olivier and you are Mr Michael Caine. But we can turn to each other only once. Then I'll be Larry and you are Mike."
The laughter of the statue of the Jolly Jack Tar is the laughter of Laurence Olivier.
Margaret Wyke on the picture of Andrew was written with actress Joanne Woodward.
Statue of Edgar Allan PoE on the shelf Andrew Uayka valid reward them. E. A. PoE, which Anthony Shaffer first received the play and then a screenplay. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, too, has its "Edgar" for the film "Five fingers" (1952).
Play Anthony Schaeffer, he appeared on Broadway on 12 November 1970. Andrew played Anthony Kujal, and Milo Kate Baxter. The play withstood 1222 views.
The name of the fictional actress eve Channing, who plays the wife of Andrew, Margaret, Mankiewicz made up of the names of eve Harrington and Margo Channing, the heroine of his famous film "All about eve" (1950).
Because there are no more other actors, we can say that this is the first tape, the cast of which was nominated for "Oscar". The second such film will be "Send them to hell, Harry!" (1975) Steve Binder and Peter hunt, where the only played the role of James Whitmore will also receive a nomination for "Oscar".
In the film, just two actors, Olivier and Kane. All other names appearing in the opening credits belong to non-existent actors. Does not exist and Alec Cawthorne, who allegedly appears in the movie in the role of inspector Doppler. Does not exist and everyone else in the film does not appear. All this was done in order to fool the viewer that needs to be configured to appear in the film new characters.
