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Deathtrap

If you were a famed mystery playwright with a devastating string of recent flops, what would you do for a can't-miss thriller script? Beg for it? Pay for it? Pray for it? Kill for it? Get snared in "Deathtrap", the fiendishly funny film version of Ira Levin's Broadway hit starring Michael Caine as the blocked writer, Dyan Cannon as his loving, naive wife and Christopher Reeve as a former student who's written a play so flawless "even a gifted director couldn't ruin it." Gifted director Sidney Lumet and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen pack this movie's insidious hairpin twists with such drop-dead wit and delightful dread that you'll stop laughing...only long enough to gasp in surprise.

Year: 1982
Genre: Comedy, Thrillers & Suspense, Alice's Playhouse
Country: USA
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon
Duration: 111 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains coarse language.
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Location in store: Alice's Playhouse

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