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Synopsis: To make Sidney's slump all the more painful, Clifford Anderson, a student of one of Sidney's writing seminars, has recently sent his mentor a copy of his first attempt at playwrighting for Sidney's review and advice. The play, "Deathtrap," is a five character, two act thriller so perfect in its construction that, as Sidney says, "A gifted director couldn't even hurt it." Using his penchant for plot, and out of his desperate desire to once again be the toast of Broadway, Sidney, along with Myra, cook up an almost unthinkable scheme: They'll lure the would-be playwright to the Bruhl home, kill him, and market the sure-fire script as Sidney's own. But shortly after Clifford arrives, it's clear that things are not what they seem! Indeed, even Helga Ten Dorp, a nosey psychic from next door, and Porter Milgram, Sidney's observant attorney, can only speculate where the line between truth and deception lies.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director(s): Sidney Lumet
Actors: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
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PG
Year:
1982
116 min
2,328 Views

educational.

Sidney:
cliff?

Cliff?

You can come down.

Those were

houdini's handcuffs.

[Thunder]

[Creak]

[Creak]

[Creak]

[Creaking]

[Creak]

[Creak]

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

Hang in there,

long island light.

[Thunder]

Jesus!

[Thunder]

They're gone.

[Thunder]

Oh, sh*t!

Sh*t! Sh*t!

Candles.

Ah, candles.

Matches, matches,

matches.

Oh, sh*t!

Matches.

Matches, matches.

Helga:
matches.

Candle.

I came to help.

Such troubles.

But not trouble

for you.

Trouble from you!

Well, strictly

speaking, helga,

I'd say we're both

in a spot of trouble.

Now you will want

to kill me, ja?

First mrs. Bruhl--

Somehow you do that.

I'm right, ja?

Then the boy...

No.

You've got it wrong.

He killed myra.

And tonight,

he tried to kill me.

Then why you need

burn evidence

If evidence

prove he did it?

Ja, i don't think.

[Thunder]

That's not evidence,

helga.

It's a manuscript,

a play.

A play? About death?

I will read.

[Thunder]

You will not kill me with

beautiful woman's dagger!

I will not allow that!

I don't wish to make

violence, mr. Bruhl, but--

There are no bullets

in that gun, helga.

It's a stage prop.

If you don't believe me,

check it out.

Ja, maybe i check it

by pulling trigger.

Suit yourself.

But it's just as easy

to check it by--

If no bullets in gun,

Then you don't let me

cross room to fireplace.

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

Aah!

[Gun drops]

Sidney:
i thought

i heard the gun drop.

Heh. You dropped it,

didn't you, helga?

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

Let go of

the knife, helga.

Get back, helga!

Get back!

Get back!

[Thunder]

[Gasps]

[Audience gasps]

Ahh!

Actress:
inga,

you're well out of this!

[Laughter, applause]

Bravo!

Bravo!

Bravo!

Ha ha ha!

Helga, baby,

We've got ourselves

a smash!

What a play you wrote!

We're gonna make ourselves

a fortune here, helga!

Waste not, want not!

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Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. "You write to please yourself," she said, "The only office where there's no superior is the office of the scribe." more…

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