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Deathtrap is a 1982 American black comedy suspense film based on the 1978 play of the same name by Ira Levin. It was directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Levin and Jay Presson Allen, and stars Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon and Christopher Reeve.
Mar 19, 1982 · Deathtrap: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth. A struggling playwright invites a young writer to his home to discuss a script, but the meeting spirals into a deadly game of deception and betrayal.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Sidney Lumet
- 1982-03-19
Deathtrap. “Deathtrap” is a wonderful windup fiction machine with a few modest ambitions: It wants to mislead us at every turn, confound all our expectations, and provide at least one moment when we levitate from our seats and come down screaming. It succeeds, more or less.
Without giving away too much, Sidney Lumet's Deathtrap is a Sleuth-like thriller confined primarily to one location and involves murder, deception, and more than its fair share...
- (19)
- Sidney Lumet
- PG
- Michael Caine
Aug 12, 2010 · Ingeniously clever and hilariously twisted, Deathtrap is the most celebrated thriller by Ira Levin, who also wrote The Stepford Wives, Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil and A Kiss...
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Jun 2, 2015 · When Sidney returns to his wife Myra, a rich woman with a heart problem who is prone to hysterics, he tells her of his jealousy and humiliation upon the receipt of the first play of a former student. The play is called Deathtrap, and it is brilliant.
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Sidney Bruhl, a playwriter (Michael Caine) receives a play from a student (Christopher Reeve). With the help of his wife (Dyan Cannon), Sidney plans to murder the young man and take credit for the script.
