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Deathtrap

Deathtrap
★ 6.7/10•1982•1h 56m•PG•Mystery•Thriller•Comedy

The trap is set... For a wickedly funny who'll-do-it.

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

Sidney Lumet · Director

Jay Presson Allen · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 56m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 19, 1982
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$19,000,000

Actors

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Sidney Bruhl

Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve

Clifford Anderson

Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon

Myra Bruhl

Irene Worth

Irene Worth

Helga ten Dorp

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Porter Milgrim

Joe Silver

Joe Silver

Seymour Starger

Tony DiBenedetto

Tony DiBenedetto

Burt

Al LeBreton

Handsome Actor

Francis B. Creamer Jr.

Minister

Stewart Klein

Stewart Klein

Jeffrey Lyons

Jeffrey Lyons

Joel Siegel

Joel Siegel

Joel Siegel

Jenny Lumet

Jenny Lumet

Stage Newsboy

Jayne Heller

Stage Actress

George Peck

Stage Actor

Perry Rosen

Stage Actor

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