Sleuth (1972)
Based on the play of the same name by Anthony Shaffer this film stars Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. A writer of murder mystery novels and his wife's boyfriend play a game of cat and mouse at a country estate.
Bluff and double bluff as much between the characters as the audience and the film makers fill the plot manages to hold together and make sense despite what could have been a complex nature. There are good performances from both the stars, which resulted in two Oscar nominations as well as a generally well made film. As with a vast majority of British cinema there is also an undercurrent of class warfare which parallels the social transitions of the time that Britain was going through.
4/5
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