Deathtrap
1982
The trap is set... For a wickedly funny who'll-do-it.
Directed by Sidney Lumet
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A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Written by
- Jay Presson Allen
- Produced by
- Burtt Harris
- Composer
- Johnny Mandel
- Cinematographer
- Andrzej Bartkowiak
- Editor
- Jack Fitzstephens
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- PG
- Also known as
- Ira Levin's Deathtrap, Death Trap
- TMDB
- 6.7/10 (322 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 75% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 54/100
- IMDb
- 7.0/10 (17,163 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1983)
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
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)
Crew
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