Sleuth
1972 · 138 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 51,236 VOTES · DIR. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Overview
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,849 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:05 Dr. Grayson was never in london at the time of the murder.
00:08:47 Oh, thank you so much. Very good of you.
00:14:10 I'm not mistaken, am I ?
00:19:09 - She takes no notice ? - No.
00:26:04 Oh, yes. The Police are always stupid in the kind of books you write, aren't they ?
00:31:03 If you must go, don't look back. Andrew--
00:38:06 Did you hear a noise, Puss, hmm ?
00:46:39 wrenched from his dreams by the sound of the explosion
00:52:43 There's nothing like a little bit of mayhem to cheer one up.
00:58:15 "Excuse me, sir, but was all this violence strictly necessary ?"
01:05:07 live 'neath your spell
01:10:09 he told Jack Benn, the licensee at the white lion
01:14:27 Not with Marguerite. Oh, God !
01:19:10 Good thinking, Inspector.
01:24:06 - About here, you say, sir ? - Two steps down.
01:31:23 He changed back before he left into these clothes.
01:36:01 means "double"...
01:41:14 Compare your experience this weekend
01:45:53 were the secret forest pools of Finlandia.
01:50:29 You should've believed me.
01:56:08 Shoe ! Shoe. I ask myself
02:02:18 was looked on as something shocking
02:09:31 that your detective stories are the normal recreation...
02:16:35 it was just... a bloody game.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,849
Dialogue density13.4 lines / min
First line00:04:05
Final line02:16:35
Production Record
DirectorJoseph L. Mankiewicz
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,500,000
Revenue$5,750,000
IMDb votes51,236