Fresh
This is a fastidious, acrobatically cunning and invigoratingly well-acted thriller.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Sleuth
Think of the perfect crime... Then go one step further.
1972 · 2h 18m · PG
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Overview
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 and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Provides Laurence Olivier and especially Michael Caine with two of their best roles.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Thoroughly entertaining.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
What really makes the movie come alive--what makes it work better than the play, really--are the lead performances by Lord Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, and Alec Cawthorne.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
With the exception of a brief showing by British thespian Alec Cawthorne, the only actors on screen are Olivier and Caine. Both are so good that there's not a moment when we wish for someone else to interrupt their duel.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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