Sleuth

16
2h 18m
1972
7.7 /10 (669)

Think of the perfect crime... Then go one step further.

Overview

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.

Country : United Kingdom
Languages : Italiano, English
Released Date: 1972-12-10

Top Billed Cast

Laurence Olivier

Andrew Wyke

Michael Caine

Milo Tindle

Alec Cawthorne

Inspector Doppler

John Matthews

Detective Sergeant Tarrant

Eve Channing

Marguerite Wyke

Teddy Martin

Police Constable Higgs

Similar Movies

poster
The House Across the Lake
1954-04-16 5.365

The House Across the Lake

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to am ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Abduct
2025-04-02 5.4

Abduct

A woman's peaceful mountain getaway takes a bizarre turn when her boyfriend disappears, and a random naked man shows up claiming to be him. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Pretty Poison
1968-07-18 6.713

Pretty Poison

A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives for ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997-05-02 6.143

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Book of Murder
1974-03-19 0

The Book of Murder

Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a sizable amount of money from each. When he is discover ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Bad Timing
1980-03-02 6.541

Bad Timing

Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Living End
1992-08-21 6.675

The Living End

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Brain
1969-03-07 7.288

The Brain

Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thin ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Checkmate
2016-01-26 0

Checkmate

Edgar finds himself in the middle of a cafe robbery, but little by little he discovers that there is more to it than meets the eye. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
June and John
2025-04-17 6

June and John

John leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to hav ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Hafen der Düfte
2013-12-07 4.25

Hafen der Düfte

Hong Kong, 2012: The former British crown colony has been part of the People's Republic again for 15 years. To mark the anniversary, the Haiman Collection, a collection of magnificent art treasures, i ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Stealing Raden Saleh
2022-08-25 7.5

Stealing Raden Saleh

To get his father out of prison, a master forger assembles a diverse team of specialists to steal a priceless painting. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Lady from Shanghai
1947-12-24 7.351

The Lady from Shanghai

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Gilda
1946-04-25 7.473

Gilda

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Prize
1963-12-25 6.739

The Prize

A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. C ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Law of Desire
1987-02-07 7.1

Law of Desire

Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight yo ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Mad Max
1979-04-12 6.675

Mad Max

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on st ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Infamous
2006-10-13 6.495

Infamous

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982-12-03 5.209

Trail of the Pink Panther

The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jo ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Where the Truth Lies
2005-10-07 6.147

Where the Truth Lies

An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Check These Out

poster
The Honey Pot
1967-05-21 6.4

The Honey Pot

A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Onion Field
1979-09-09 6.009

The Onion Field

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survi ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Last Challenge
1967-12-22 6.3

The Last Challenge

An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Group
1966-03-04 5.569

The Group

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their g ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Frightened City
1961-09-01 6.4

The Frightened City

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Red Line 7000
1965-11-09 5.25

Red Line 7000

The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Big Wash
1968-11-12 5.852

The Big Wash

Sickened to see his students always sleeping in class, a teacher with a colleague and an anarchist start a war against the television. They climbed on Paris roofs to coat the T.V. antennas with a spec ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Laughing Policeman
1973-12-20 6.2

The Laughing Policeman

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becom ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Sleuth
2007-10-12 6.27

Sleuth

Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping wi ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Scarecrow
1973-04-11 7

Scarecrow

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Jasper Jones
2017-03-02 6.4

Jasper Jones

Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murderer and falls in love with Laura's younger sister. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947-05-25 7.522

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
2017-09-20 5.661

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti

In 1891, the French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Paris and travels to Tahiti to renew his art as a free man, far from the European artistic conventionalism. On his journey of discovery, he faces solitu ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Le petit soldat
1963-01-25 6.9

Le petit soldat

Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Apartment
1996-07-27 6.7

The Apartment

Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, when Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, he becomes obsessed with rekindling ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Tailor of Panama
2001-02-11 6.022

The Tailor of Panama

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top pol ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Italian Job
1969-06-02 7

The Italian Job

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very fa ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Last Seduction
1994-05-26 6.8

The Last Seduction

A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
Door Lock
2018-12-05 7.404

Door Lock

Kyung-min lives alone in a one-room apartment. One day, she finds traces of a stranger breaking into her room and soon a mysterious murder case begins to unravel. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime
poster
The Man Who Would Be King
1975-12-03 7.5

The Man Who Would Be King

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunde ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Crime