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Sleuth
1972
· Movie
· 138 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1060
- IMDb #485
- Rotten Tomatoes #557
- Metacritic #3513
- Letterboxd #530
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1078
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #578
- Metacritic Critics #3510
- Metacritic Audience #3293
- Criticker #200
- Kinopoisk #417
- AlloCiné #451
- Trakt #929
Every rating
49–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 49, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A wealthy mystery novelist invites his wife's young lover to his isolated country home. What begins as a seemingly civilized conversation quickly evolves into a complex and dangerous game of psychological warfare. The two men engage in a battle of wits, each trying to outmaneuver the other with twisted plots and manipulations.
Details
- Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Writer
- Anthony Shaffer
- Based on
- Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer
- Released
- 10 December 1972
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $5.8M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →5 wins from 16 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1972 | Best Director | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1972 | Best Actor | Michael Caine | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1972 | Best Actor | Laurence Olivier | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1972 | Best Original Dramatic Score | John Addison | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Laurence Olivier | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1972 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Michael Caine | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1972 | Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Nominee |
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16 awards — Sleuth
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Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Michael Caine | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Laurence Olivier | Nominee |
| Best Director | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Nominee |
| Best Original Dramatic Score | John Addison | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Laurence Olivier | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Michael Caine | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Morton Gottlieb | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Laurence Olivier | Winner |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Motion Picture | Anthony Shaffer | Winner |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Michael Caine | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Laurence Olivier | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Laurence Olivier | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Ken Adam | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Anthony Shaffer | Nominee |