A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Francis B. Creamer Jr.
- The Minister
- (as Rev. Francis B. Creamer Jr.)
Jon-Erik Hexum
- Theater audience
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Sidney Lumet once commented on the real stage-play scenes seen in this movie: "We used the original set of 'Deathtrap' as our set for Sidney Bruhl's flop play. The Music Box (Theatre) is dark on Mondays, so we shot there on a Monday, along with six hundred dress extras as first-nighters. Thus, the opening scene is a movie of a play-within-a-play which takes place within the play on which the movie is based. If that's not completely clear, it's at least a 'first'!"
- GoofsWhen Sidney has the Deathtrap script and threatens to throw it into the fireplace, the fire isn't lit.
- Quotes
Myra Bruhl: Is it really that good?
Sidney Bruhl: I'll tell you how good it is. Even a gifted director couldn't hurt it.
- Crazy creditsMurderous weapons by Eoin Sprott.
- Alternate versionsCBS added 4 minutes to this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
Featured review
A Good Whodunnit Dramedy
As one reviewer said "It's hard to talk about this film without giving too much away" - and I do agree with this statement about the film. This is a movie one just has to simply watch for themselves because if you are told to much about the film then it would ruin the entire movie.
Is Deathtrap good? Yes it is a very good mystery dramedy (comedy-drama). It has it's comical moments but the film also has it's times of drama. If you like mysteries then you may enjoy this film.
Are you wanting a double feature? I would recommend this movie (Deathtrap) along with movies like: "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", "Clue", "Sleuth", or "Murder by Death".
8/10
Is Deathtrap good? Yes it is a very good mystery dramedy (comedy-drama). It has it's comical moments but the film also has it's times of drama. If you like mysteries then you may enjoy this film.
Are you wanting a double feature? I would recommend this movie (Deathtrap) along with movies like: "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", "Clue", "Sleuth", or "Murder by Death".
8/10
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ira Levin's Deathtrap
- Filming locations
- Pathe Studios, New York City, New York, USA(Studio, interiors: house)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,282,134
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,238,977
- Mar 21, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $19,282,134
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