The trap is set... For a wickedly funny who'll-do-it.
Deathtrap
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Synopsis
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
- Directed by
- Sidney Lumet
- Written by
- Ira Levin, Jay Presson Allen
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
Al LeBreton
Handsome Actor
Francis B. Creamer Jr.
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
Details
- Released
- March 19, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $19,000,000
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