A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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Movie1982·116 min
Deathtrap
Directed by Sidney Lumet
A comedy crime film directed by Sidney Lumet.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 35%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.7/10
311 ratings
About Deathtrap
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Moderate (4 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Funny (6 of 9)
- Scale
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Heartfelt (7 of 9)
- Texture
- Stylized, Tense
- Story Tags
- obsession, ambition hubris, betrayal, showbiz media, domestic home, new york, mentor student, villain protagonist, con artist trickster, con deception, cat and mouse, slow burn reveal, white collar crime