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Cast
- Michael CaineSidney Bruhl
- Christopher ReeveClifford Anderson
- Dyan CannonMyra Bruhl
- Irene WorthHelga ten Dorp
- Henry JonesPorter Milgrim
- Joe SilverSeymour Starger
- Tony DiBenedettoBurt - the Bartender
- Jenny LumetStage Newsboy
- Al LeBretonHandsome Actor
- Francis B. Creamer Jr.The Minister (as Rev. Francis B. Creamer Jr.)
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Deathtrap is a wonderful windup fiction machine with a few modest ambitions: It wants to mislead us at every turn, confound all our expectations, and provide at least one moment when we levitate from our seats and come down screaming. - 70
Time
One can still appreciate the professionalism with which Levin crafted them and the larky spirits with which the performers force the suspension of incredulity. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
As a psychological thriller, it's not so much either thrilling or psychological as it is wonderfully absurd. [25 Mar 1982] - 63
Christian Science Monitor
Deathtrap falls short of the classic potential it would obviously like to have. Still, it's a jaunty entertainment, by and large. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
This is an extremely faithful film adaptation of Ira Levin's gimmicky stage play. - 50
Boston Globe
Deathtrap is slick enough that you can't disengage from it without missing something. [19 Mar 1982] - 40
Chicago Reader
Sidney Lumet's wired-up, hysterical direction overwhelms the minor pleasures of Ira Levin's play. - 40
Variety
Despite its intermittently amusing dialog, however, Deathtrap comes across as a minor entertainment, cleverness of which cannot conceal its essential artificiality when blown up on the big screen.
