Directed by:
Sidney LumetCinematography:
Andrzej BartkowiakComposer:
Johnny MandelCast:
Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones, George Peck, Jenny Lumet, Tony DiBenedetto, Joe SilverPlots(1)
If you were a famed mystery playwright with a devastating string of recent flops, what would you do for a can't-miss thriller script? Beg for it? Pay for it? Kill for it? Get snared in Deathtrap, the fiendishly funny film version of Ira Levin's Broadway hit starring Michael Caine as the blocked writer, Dyan Cannon as his loving, naive wife and Christopher Reeve as a former student who's written a play so flawless "even a gifted director couldn't ruin it." Gifted director Sidney Lumet and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen pack this movie's insidious hairpin twists with such drop-dead wit and delightful dread that you'll stop laughing... only long enough to gasp in surprise. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Michael Caine
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
The Prestige (2006)
Christopher Reeve
USA
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Noises Off... (1992)
Dyan Cannon
USA
Best movies:
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
The Last of Sheila (1973)
Irene Worth
USA
Best movies:
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Onegin (1999)
Fast Forward (1985)
Henry Jones
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Vertigo (1958)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
George Peck
Best movies:
Phil Spector (2013) (TV movie)
Anywhere but Here (1999)
Deathtrap (1982)
Jenny Lumet
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
Q & A (1990)
Deathtrap (1982)
Tony DiBenedetto
USA
Best movies:
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Prince of the City (1981)
Analyze This (1999)
Joe Silver
USA
Best movies:
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Klute (1971)
Shivers (1975)