Deathtrap (1982) (original) (raw)

If you were a famed mystery playwright with a devastating string of recent flops, what would you do for a can't-miss thriller script? Beg for it? Pay for it? Or would you kill for it? You would if you were Sidney Bruhl, the leading character in Ira Levin's dazzlingly funny, deliciously scary Broadway-smash-turned-movie-hit DEATHTRAP. Michael Caine stars as Bruhl and Christopher Reeve plays Bruhl's one-time student who's written a play so flawless "even a gifted director couldn't ruin it"... and who requests Bruhl's production help. And Dyan Cannon is Bruhl's loving wife, who doesn't want the ...(more)

If you were a famed mystery playwright with a devastating string of recent flops, what would you do for a can't-miss thriller script? Beg for it? Pay for it? Or would you kill for it? You would if you were Sidney Bruhl, the leading character in Ira Levin's dazzlingly funny, deliciously scary Broadway-smash-turned-movie-hit DEATHTRAP. Michael Caine stars as Bruhl and Christopher Reeve plays Bruhl's one-time student who's written a play so flawless "even a gifted director couldn't ruin it"... and who requests Bruhl's production help. And Dyan Cannon is Bruhl's loving wife, who doesn't want the student helped to an early grave. Sidney Lumet directs DEATHTRAP's hairpin twists with such drop-dead wit and delightful dread that you'll stop laughing only long enough to gasp in surprise. (less)

Director: Sidney Lumet
Writer: Ira Levin
Starring: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones, Tony DiBenedetto
Producers: Burtt Harris, Jay Presson Allen

» See full cast & crew

Blu-ray reviews

18
fans

1149
Blu-ray
collections

284
DVD
collections

68
Digital
collections

48
iTunes
collections

12
Prime
collections

42
MA
collections

| | My rating | 7.0880% like it | | ----------- | --------------- |

Green for Danger (1946) 7.2 73Green for Danger1946 The Carey Treatment (1972) 7.2 38The Carey Treatment1972 The Big Sleep (1946) 8.1 792The Big Sleep1946 Calcutta (1946) 6.8 22Calcutta1946 Death on the Nile (1978) 7.3 330Death on the Nile1978 The Mirror Crack'd (1980) 6.6 132The Mirror Crack'd1980 Farewell, My Lovely (1975) 7 54Farewell, My Lovely1975 Laura (1944) 8.1 790Laura1944
Sleuth (1972) 7.8 150Sleuth1972 Lured (1947) 6.8 34Lured1947 Malice (1993) 6.4 191Malice1993 Unforgettable (1996) 6.2 69Unforgettable1996 The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) 7 48The List of Adrian Messenger1963 And Then There Were None (1945) 7.6 130And Then There Were None1945 The Morning After (1986) 6.2 72The Morning After1986 Murder! (1930) 6.1 127Murder!1930

Show more titles »« Show less titles

Similar titles suggested by members

| Rehearsal for Murder (1982)Rehearsal for Murder1982 +1 | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |