Sleuth

     

Sleuth1972

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG
Runtime: 138 minutes

Wicked, nasty, delicious fun. Laurence Olivier is a wealthy, veddy English mystery writer. He invites Michael Caine to his elaborate country house, in order to settle some rather unpleasant business between them: Caine is having an affair with Olivi… more »


Milo Tindle:
There it is! The original blunt instrument; the poker. Right!

Andrew Wyke:
Now steady...

Milo Tindle:
Where do you want it?

Andrew Wyke:
Don't get carried away. Its not a murder weapon you're talking about you know!

Milo Tindle:
No?

Andrew Wyke:
No. We're discussing an object from which I receive in the classic formula a glancing blow which will raise a lump without actually cracking the cranium.

Milo Tindle:
Why don't I just keep tapping you lightly on the head with the poker until a lump comes up?

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