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Deathtrap

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.

Director

Sidney Lumet

Year

Genre

comedy, crime, mystery

Box Office

$19,282,134

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

6 nominations

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Sidney Bruhl

Clifford Anderson

Christopher Reeve

Myra Bruhl

Helga ten Dorp

Porter Milgrim

Seymour Starger

Burt, the Bartender

Tony DiBenedetto

Handsome Actor

The Minister

Francis B. Creamer Jr.

Stewart Klein

Jeffrey Lyons

Joel Siegel

Stage Newsboy

Stage Actress

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Stage Actor

Theater audience

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Sidney Bruhl Clifford Anderson Myra Bruhl Joel Siegel Stewart Klein Helga Ten Dorp Seymour Starger Porter Milgrim

Actor grunts: - Deathtrap

WOMAN Whispering It's the worst play I've ever seen - Deathtrap

WOMAN Whispering It's the worst play I've ever...

KLEIN Sidney Bruhl's new play - Deathtrap

KLEIN Sidney Bruhl's new play

Sidney Bruhl's new whodunit Murder Most Fair - Deathtrap

Sidney Bruhl's new whodunit Murder Most Fair

Yelling Every time I come in this bloody house you scream - Deathtrap

Yelling Every time I come in this bloody house you scream

Stammering Is it really that good It couldn't be could it - Deathtrap

Stammering Is it really that good It couldn't be could...

What I should do is beat the fat bastard on the head - Deathtrap

What I should do is beat the fat bastard on the head

SIDNEY Darling though I might be capable of killing Clifford Anderson - Deathtrap

SIDNEY Darling though I might be capable of killing Clifford...

Have you thought about collaboration - Deathtrap

Have you thought about collaboration

Oh well - Deathtrap

Won't he have another carbon copy lying around somewhere - Deathtrap

Won't he have another carbon copy lying around...

Right on the rug One point for neatness - Deathtrap

Right on the rug One point for neatness

Thank God he wasn't the fat one - Deathtrap

Thank God he wasn't the fat one

I wish you could take the vegetable patch with you - Deathtrap

I wish you could take the vegetable patch with you

It's Lottie and Ralph,
come to yammer about the party. - Deathtrap

It's Lottie and Ralph, come to yammer about the party.

Pain. - Deathtrap

Pain! Pain! Pain! - Deathtrap

Pain! Pain! Pain!

SIDNEY: This is my wife, Myra.
MYRA: How do you do? - Deathtrap

SIDNEY: This is my wife, Myra. MYRA: How do you do?

What an extraordinary gift I've always - Deathtrap

What an extraordinary gift I've always

When you were a child, you lived
in large house with yellow shutters. Ja? - Deathtrap

When you were a child, you lived in large house with yellow ...

SIDNEY: Would you open
the window, darling? - Deathtrap

SIDNEY: Would you open the window, darling?

Creaking: - Deathtrap

It wasn't locked. - Deathtrap

It wasn't locked.

Myra shrieks: - Deathtrap

Nothing doing - Deathtrap

SIDNEY This is Clifford Anderson my secretary My friend Porter Milgrim - Deathtrap

SIDNEY This is Clifford Anderson my secretary My friend...

I like this room It has character - Deathtrap

I like this room It has character

Shit! - Deathtrap

SIDNEY: Where have you been?
CLIFFORD: Gibson's. - Deathtrap

SIDNEY: Where have you been? CLIFFORD: Gibson's.

Typewriter clacking: - Deathtrap

Typewriter clacking:

What's going on? - Deathtrap

What's going on?

Would you like me to explain That you're a lunatic with a death wish - Deathtrap

Would you like me to explain That you're a lunatic with...

Clifford I hate to ask this - Deathtrap

Clifford I hate to ask this

It has to be a playwright who writes thrillers - Deathtrap

It has to be a playwright who writes thrillers

Why make it anywhere Why make it - Deathtrap

Why make it anywhere Why make it

I have a name and a reputation - Deathtrap

I have a name and a reputation

You know, we really... - Deathtrap

You know, we really...

I want a shortcut Sidney - Deathtrap

I want a shortcut Sidney

I wonder if it would not be just a trifle starry eyed of me - Deathtrap

I wonder if it would not be just a trifle starry eyed of me

Are you trying to say that you don't think that you can trust me - Deathtrap

Are you trying to say that you don't think that you can...

Rain pattering: - Deathtrap

Rain pattering:

It's Helga. It's only Helga, Mr. Bruhl. - Deathtrap

It's Helga. It's only Helga, Mr. Bruhl.

You want I should stay No there's no need - Deathtrap

You want I should stay No there's no need

CLIFFORD She told you I'm man in boots who attacks you ja - Deathtrap

CLIFFORD She told you I'm man in boots who attacks you...

God. - Deathtrap

Bang bang - Deathtrap

So long, Sidney.
It's really been educational. - Deathtrap

So long, Sidney. It's really been educational.

SIDNEY: Cliff? - Deathtrap

Thunder clapping: - Deathtrap

Thunder clapping:

SIDNEY: Shit! - Deathtrap

Helga screaming: - Deathtrap

Helga screaming:

Helga baby we've got ourselves a smash - Deathtrap

Helga baby we've got ourselves a smash

Helga baby, we've got ourselves a smash! - Deathtrap

Helga baby, we've got ourselves a smash!

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A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.

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Director: Sidney Lumet

Writer: Ira Levin, Jay Presson Allen

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: comedy, crime, mystery

Year: 1982

MetaScore: 54/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $19,282,134

Released: 19 Mar 1982

Awards: 6 nominations

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