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Sleuth

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.

Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Year

Genre

mystery, thriller

Box Office

$4,081,254

Production

Palomar Pictures International

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 5 wins & 11 nominations total

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Andrew Wyke

Laurence Olivier

Milo Tindle

Inspector Doppler

Detective Sergeant Tarrant

Marguerite Wyke

Police Constable Higgs

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Milo Tindle Andrew Wyke Inspector Doppler

How would you like your drink?
With ice? - Sleuth

How would you like your drink? With ice?

What does he do? - Sleuth

What does he do?

It's taken me rather a long time to get it there - Sleuth

It's taken me rather a long time to get it there

So I understand you wish to marry my wife - Sleuth

So I understand you wish to marry my wife

It's a good thing - Sleuth

It's a good thing

Whatever are you doing with that cue in your hand - Sleuth

Whatever are you doing with that cue in your hand

Tonight a choice, with Marguerite away,
it's an admirable opportunity. - Sleuth

Tonight a choice, with Marguerite away, it's an admirab...

Cheers. - Sleuth

A good likeness, would you say?
Of course, it's 17... No, 18 years ago. - Sleuth

A good likeness, would you say? Of course, it's 17... N...

There are certain skills best acquired in public bars - Sleuth

There are certain skills best acquired in public bars

I got this caper worked out ta the last detail - Sleuth

I got this caper worked out ta the last detail

Where do you want me to break in - Sleuth

Where do you want me to break in

This should suit Item one black face mask one black flat cap - Sleuth

This should suit Item one black face mask one black flat cap

Did you hear a noise, puss? - Sleuth

Did you hear a noise, puss?

What's that? - Sleuth

Now, now, now.
We mustn't imagine things. - Sleuth

Now, now, now. We mustn't imagine things.

They couldn't have made more noise on D Day - Sleuth

They couldn't have made more noise on D Day

- Now for the jewels.
- Not straight away. - Sleuth

- Now for the jewels. - Not straight away.

A turnstile to the bedrooms - Sleuth

A turnstile to the bedrooms

Would you know your way about - Sleuth

Would you know your way about

- Now, where's your bedroom?
- My... - Sleuth

- Now, where's your bedroom? - My...

- What kind of charge you got here?
- Enough for the job. - Sleuth

- What kind of charge you got here? - Enough for the job.

What are you shaking it for?
It's a jeweI box, not a maraca. - Sleuth

What are you shaking it for? It's a jeweI box, not a ma...

- Dear God.
- Moses looks upon the Promised Land. - Sleuth

- Dear God. - Moses looks upon the Promised Land.

You surely don't call that convincing. - Sleuth

You surely don't call that convincing.

Let the literature fly to the four winds, - Sleuth

Let the literature fly to the four winds,

The original blunt instrument - Sleuth

The original blunt instrument

Puzzle jug? - Sleuth

There's nothing like a little bit of mayhem to cheer one up - Sleuth

There's nothing like a little bit of mayhem to cheer...

Property's always been more highly regarded in this country than people - Sleuth

Property's always been more highly regarded in this...

Wit in the face of adversity - Sleuth

Wit in the face of adversity

- You left them in that beautifuI coat.
- Oh, my God. - Sleuth

- You left them in that beautifuI coat. - Oh, my God.

On the morning of his execution - Sleuth

On the morning of his execution

You're a jumped up pantry boy who doesn't know his place - Sleuth

You're a jumped up pantry boy who doesn't know his...

Whether I love her or not - Sleuth

Whether I love her or not

You're a bloody madman - Sleuth

You're a bloody madman

Finally, at your moment of dying,
you are yourself. - Sleuth

Finally, at your moment of dying, you are yourself.

Can't say I care for it all that much, sir. - Sleuth

Can't say I care for it all that much, sir.

Fancy - Sleuth

Barmen are notorious opponents of exactitude - Sleuth

Barmen are notorious opponents of exactitude

Sex is the game - Sleuth

Sex is the game

The shortest way to a man's heart is through humiliation - Sleuth

The shortest way to a man's heart is through...

Now, I ask myself,
if I wanted to conceaI Tindle's body, - Sleuth

Now, I ask myself, if I wanted to conceaI Tindle's body...

About here you say, sir? - Sleuth

About here you say, sir?

The traditionaI tooI
of your trade, Inspector? - Sleuth

The traditionaI tooI of your trade, Inspector?

Joke blood, sir? - Sleuth

Joke blood, sir?

Over the years my eyes have been adequately trained to see things for themselves - Sleuth

Over the years my eyes have been adequately trained to see...

There's no mistaking
whose room this is, sir? - Sleuth

There's no mistaking whose room this is, sir?

My wife showers - Sleuth

My wife showers

But you had better tell that to a judge - Sleuth

But you had better tell that to a judge

Milo! - Sleuth

You all-time, knock-down,
champion bastard, Milo. - Sleuth

You all-time, knock-down, champion bastard, Milo.

Champion BASTARD - Sleuth

Champion BASTARD

I'm not saying it wasn't well done,
it was extremely. - Sleuth

I'm not saying it wasn't well done, it was extreme...

I must say,
I must congratulate you, Milo. - Sleuth

I must say, I must congratulate you, Milo.

Well, it was quite a while, I concede. - Sleuth

Well, it was quite a while, I concede.

We are from different worlds - Sleuth

We are from different worlds

For any man with half an eye - Sleuth

For any man with half an eye

You dirty son of a bitch! - Sleuth

You dirty son of a bitch!

Oh, I'm sorry it's so messy. - Sleuth

Oh, I'm sorry it's so messy.

He looked disappointed in you. - Sleuth

He looked disappointed in you.

I hope I didn't hear that correctly - Sleuth

I hope I didn't hear that correctly

What's the time. No... - Sleuth

What's the time. No...

Bastard! - Sleuth

It looks like you've had it - Sleuth

It looks like you've had it

Stockings had clocks. - Sleuth

Stockings had clocks.

Glimpse... - Sleuth

It wouldn't take long to dig up, Sergeant. - Sleuth

It wouldn't take long to dig up, Sergeant.

Andrew. - Sleuth

Where are you going? - Sleuth

Where are you going?

I live - Sleuth

That's all right, sir. - Sleuth

That's all right, sir.

John Lord Merridew - Sleuth

John Lord Merridew

Milo, you do see - Sleuth

Milo, you do see

Be sure and tell them - Sleuth

Be sure and tell them

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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.

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Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer: Anthony Shaffer

Production: Palomar Pictures International

Genre: mystery, thriller

Year: 1972

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $4,081,254

Released: 11 Dec 1972

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 5 wins & 11 nominations total

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