Sleuth
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Elaine Schreyeck, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Kip Gowans
Actors: Alec Cawthorne, Eve Channing, John Matthews, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Teddy Martin
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Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
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Saratoga
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Ninotchka
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IF
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Jimmy Hollywood
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Funny Money
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Curdled
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