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If it was murder, where's the body? - Sleuth
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Title: Sleuth

Release Date: 10 Dec 1972

Runtime: 2h 18m

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Comedy

Director: Palomar Pictures International

Production Companies: Palomar Pictures International

Overview: A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife's lover – but things aren't exactly as they seem. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.66 (618 votes)

Cast

  • Andrew Wyke: Laurence Olivier
  • Milo Tindle: Michael Caine
  • Inspector Doppler: Alec Cawthorne
  • Detective Sergeant Tarrant: John Matthews
  • Marguerite Wyke: Eve Channing
  • Police Constable Higgs: Teddy Martin
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