Sleuth
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A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
- Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $6M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
2 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Sleuth actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Sleuth appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #28
Placed at #28 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Sleuth returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- Dec 10, 1972
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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