The FRiday Night Move - Sleuth (1972)

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[DemforBush]

Mystery lovers will, well, love tonight's film. A vain and eccentric mystery novel writer (Lawrence Olivier) invites his wife's lover (Michael Caine) to participate in a game that will resolve the situation to both of their satisfaction. All is not what it seems, however, in this twist-filled tale that will keep you guessing right up to the last scene. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Barefoot Contessa, etc.)

In English, with Greek subtitles.

[DemforBush]

Oliver and Caine on screen, the late great Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Barefoot Contessa, etc.) behind the camera. What more can you say? 8/10.

In two parts. Here is Part 2.

[DemforBush]

Previous offerings:

The Stranger7/10

Decision Before Dawn7.5/10

The Woman in the Window8/10

Plunder Road6.75/10

The Hitch-Hiker7/10

The Big Heat8.5/10 (Now blocked by youtube)

Stalag 178/10

The Enemy Below7.5/10.

Kiss of Death7.25/10

The Killers8.0/10

Stagecoach8.25/10

DOA7.5/10

Breaker Morant8.5/10

Detour7/10

The Flim-Flam Man7/10

Stalingrad7.7/10

[DemforBush]

Ping.

[colorado tanker]

I haven’t seen this since it was in theaters, but I thought it was really good.

[DemforBush]

Er, “Move” that should say the FRiday Night Movie.

Argh, typos will be the death of me.

[jocon307]

The first date I ever went on I saw this movie at the Ziegfeld Theater. Hubby saw the play on Broadway.

[PROCON]

Great, great movie!

[HerrBlucher]

Great movie, and so is the modern version where Caine plays the role of the husband.

[Company Man]

Thanks for helping me recall the name of this great, great entertainment. Worth watching for the automata alone!

[DemforBush]

That’s pretty cool, actually. The first movie I took a girl to was The Terminator. I guess I never was much of a romantic, LOL.

[DemforBush]

I haven’t seen the remake, but I’ve heard good things about it.

BTW...

*horse whinnying*

:-)

[DemforBush]

Glad I could help! :)

[Brother Cracker]

[jocon307]

Yes, it was pretty cool. The first date hubby and I went on was to “Stop Making Sense” the Talking Heads concert movie.

That was also very cool, it’s a great movie. I usually watch in on New Year’s Eve, it’s a great CD too. No extras, no ads, just THE MOVIE.

Who’d a thunk it?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Loved the white jigsaw puzzle.

[HerrBlucher]

It was so long ago I came up with my screen name I had forgotten about Frau. It was one of the great movie comedies of all time. Cloris Leachman just knocked that role out of the park.

OVALTINE!

[what's up]

A remake was made a few years ago.

Michael Caine played the older man part and Jude Law played Caine's old role.

It was pretty good.

[Maceman]

One of my favorites! The dialog is sensational.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you!

[foxfield]

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