Deathtrap
“The trap is set... For a wickedly funny who'll-do-it.”
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
17 people
Michael Caine
Sidney Bruhl
Known for
Interstellar
Batman Begins
Christopher Reeve
Clifford Anderson
Known for
Superman
Village of the Damned
Dyan Cannon
Myra Bruhl
Known for
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Kangaroo Jack
Irene Worth
Helga ten Dorp
Known for
Eyewitness
Onegin
Henry Jones
Porter Milgrim
Known for
Vertigo
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Joe Silver
Seymour Starger
Known for
Shivers
Rabid
Tony DiBenedetto
Burt
Known for
Splash
The Exterminator
Al LeBreton
Handsome Actor
No other roles listed
Francis B. Creamer Jr.
Minister
No other roles listed
Stewart Klein
Stewart Klein
Jeffrey Lyons
Jeffrey Lyons
Joel Siegel
Joel Siegel
Also in
Hotel
Sidney Lumet Director · Jay Presson Allen Screenplay Ira Levin Author
Worldwide gross $19M · Budget $10M · United States release March 19, 1982
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$19,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.9×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 16, 1982
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · March 19, 1982
Theatrical
Brazil
September 26, 1983 · Theatrical
France
May 25, 1983 · Theatrical
Greece
May 13, 1983 · Theatrical
Japan
September 23, 1983 · Theatrical
More from Sidney Lumet
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Deathtrap
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.