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Deathtrap
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
PG
1982
1h 56m
Mystery
,
Comedy
,
and more
7.0
75%
71%
6.6
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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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Cast of Deathtrap
Michael Caine
Sidney Bruhl
Christopher Reeve
Clifford Anderson
Dyan Cannon
Myra Bruhl
Irene Worth
Helga ten Dorp
Henry Jones
Porter Milgrim
Joe Silver
Seymour Starger
Tony DiBenedetto
Burt - the Bartender
Al LeBreton
Handsome Actor
Francis B. Creamer Jr.
The Minister
Stewart Klein
Stewart Klein
Jeffrey Lyons
Jeffrey Lyons
Joel Siegel
Joel Siegel
Jenny Lumet
Stage Newsboy
Jayne Heller
Stage Actress
George Peck
Stage Actor
Perry Rosen
Stage Actor
Jon-Erik Hexum
Theater Audience (uncredited)
Sidney Lumet
Director
Jay Presson Allen
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Alfred De Liagre Jr.
Associate Producer
Deathtrap Ratings & Reviews
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
An entertaining, sharply directed, and vibrantly acted stage-to-screen adaptation, which both embraces the play's origins yet also feels cinematic.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a solid adaptation that succeeds mostly as a showcase for the spellbinding work of its two leads.
Gay Community News (Boston)
Michael Bronski
Deathtrap is clever but largely unoriginal.
Philadelphia Gay News
Larry Vitacco
Ira Levin's mystery thriller Deathtrap is beginning its fifth year on Broadway -- a certified hit. The movie version, adapted by Jay Presson Allen, is more of a hit and miss.
Associated Press
Bob Thomas
Deathtrap, like many intricate stage thrillers, reveals its artifice on the screen but remains crackling good fun.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
Deathtrap seems an unusually skillful and satisfying example of devious entertainment. It offers as much double-crossing amusement as one can reasonably expect from a theatrical murder mystery.
Boston Globe
Bruce McCabe
The film is marvelous claptrap, a skillfully wrought -- indeed, over-wrought -- piece of preposterous escapist entertainment.
Groucho Reviews
Peter Canavese
It would be criminal to reveal how the plot unfolds, other than to say it's impressive dramatic origami, manipulated deftly by an ideal cast and one of Hollywood's all-time top directors. [Blu-ray]
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
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.
Reel.com
Sarah Chauncey
Witty thriller, particularly of interest to writers
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
Deathtrap is a literate, swiftly paced and engrossing screen adaptation of Ira Levin's Broadway smash.
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
Offbeat parlor mystery that still holds up pretty well.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
What eventually shines through, is how clever and manipulative the script is.
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