Top Billed Cast
Laurence Olivier
Andrew Wyke
Michael Caine
Milo Tindle
Alec Cawthorne
Inspector Doppler
John Matthews
Detective Sergeant Tarrant
Eve Channing
Marguerite Wyke
Teddy Martin
Police Constable Higgs
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Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 23 2025
“Milo” (Michael Caine) arrives at the stately pile of a renowned crime writer - a sort of male Agatha Christie, and has to navigate a complex maze to track down his voice. The dapper “Andrew” (Sir Laurence Olivier) welcomes his guest effusively and takes him into his home. It’s an Aladdin’s cave of theatrical props and costumes which leaves “Milo” a little unnerved. Not as unnerved as he’s going to get, though, when “Andrew” declares his knowledge of the affair his wife is having with him and that he’s relatively relaxed about her leaving so long as he can get the insurance on £175,000 worth of...
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
3500000.00
Revenue
5750000.00
Keywords
- infidelity
- robbery
- countryside
- upper class
- romantic rivalry
- author
- game
- extramarital affair
- tense
- ominous