"The trap is set... For a wickedly funny who'll-do-it."
★6.6(294)19821h 56m
ComedyCrimeThriller
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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Top Billed Cast
Michael Caine
Sidney Bruhl
Christopher Reeve
Clifford Anderson
Dyan Cannon
Myra Bruhl
Irene Worth
Helga ten Dorp
Henry Jones
Porter Milgrim
Joe Silver
Seymour Starger
Tony DiBenedetto
Burt - the Bartender
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Al LeBreton
Handsome Actor
F
Francis B. Creamer Jr.
The Minister
S
Stewart Klein
Stewart Klein
J
Jeffrey Lyons
Jeffrey Lyons
Joel Siegel
Joel Siegel
Jenny Lumet
Stage Newsboy
J
Jayne Heller
Stage Actress
G
George Peck
Stage Actor
P
Perry Rosen
Stage Actor
Jon-Erik Hexum
Theater Audience (uncredited)
Crew
Sidney Lumet
Director
Jay Presson Allen
Screenplay
Jay Presson Allen
Executive Producer
B
Burtt Harris
Producer
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