Sleuth 1972
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Seen by this director: Cleopatra, Suddenly Last Summer, Julius Caesar, All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives, The Ghost and Mrs Muir
- Based on the novel: no, but the play by Anthony Shaffer
- Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Laurence Olivier – King Lear, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Oh What a Lovely War, Spartacus, Richard III, Hamlet, Henry V, Rebecca, As You Like It
- Michael Caine – Interstellar, Batman x 3, Inception, Harry Brown, Flawless, Sleuth 2007, Flawless, Children of Men, Last Orders, The Cider House Rules, Little Voice, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Educating Rita, Gambit, Alfie
- Why? Brilliant film
- Seen: Twice before. Now 12 September 2020
Handsome suave young Milo Tindle (Caine)
with only a thin veneer covering his Cockney cockiness, is invited to the
massive country mansion of eccentric and wealthy detective novel writer Andrew
Wyke to discuss Milo’s affair with Andrew’s wife. All very amiable until…the
plot thickens.
No spoilers.
It’s extremely clever with a heavy dose
of class conflict and a poke at racism. Two better roles for these characters
is hard to imagine. It’s Olivier’s best performance, far better than his hammy
Shakespeare roles, and nobody can do this better than Caine.
Do not miss this classic from the 70’s.
5* of 5
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