A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Directed by Sidney Lumet
murder
playwright
Rank
#16 in 1982·#2363 overall
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Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
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Cast
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
Joel Siegel
Joel Siegel
Jenny Lumet
Stage Newsboy
Jon-Erik Hexum
Theater Audience (uncredited)
Crew
Sidney Lumet
Director
Jay Presson Allen
Screenplay
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director of Photography
Jay Presson Allen
Executive Producer
Rick Shaine
Sound Editor
Ira Levin
Theatre Play
Tony Walton
Costume Design
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Andrew Mondshein
Assistant Editor
Tony Walton
Production Design
Popular Reviews
120 reviews
danny
6.0★ · 07/11/22
i was getting bored but GODDAMN that twist at the hour mark had me REELING! i think i would have appreciated this more in its original play form than as a film.
SUPERMAN AND ALFRED KISS??? [REAL]
i was getting bored but GODDAMN that twist at the hour mark had me REELING! i think i would have appreciated this more in its original play form than as a film.
SUPERMAN AND ALFRED KISS??? [REAL]
Lilah NL
9.0★ · 05/03/26
Im quite fond of this movie and it kinda reminds me of the film Dark Harbor. I love how it kept going back and forth at the end as to who was gonna come out on top. Very cool plot…though it seems OJ Simpson took a little inspiration from it🤨🤨🤨
Im quite fond of this movie and it kinda reminds me of the film Dark Harbor. I love how it kept going back and forth at the end as to who was gonna come out on top. Very cool plot…though it seems OJ Simpson took a little inspiration from it🤨🤨🤨
Jonathan Snee
They got my ass.
They got my ass.
ftudya
8.0★ · 01/12/26
еще не седой кейн🤯🤯🤯 и бесконечные повороты сюжета…
еще не седой кейн🤯🤯🤯 и бесконечные повороты сюжета…
marcel
9.0★ · 01/01/26
absolutely meta gay crime film. christopher reeves and michael caine were so so good here, they’re just bouncing off of each others energy it was sick. i need to get back into writing screenplays.
absolutely meta gay crime film. christopher reeves and michael caine were so so good here, they’re just bouncing off of each others energy it was sick. i need to get back into writing screenplays.
