
Perfect Stranger(2007)
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.


“Think of the perfect crime... Then go one step further.”
A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

Laurence Olivier
Andrew Wyke

Michael Caine
Milo Tindle
Sleuth is a thriller, mystery, crime film released in 1972 exploring themes of infidelity, robbery, countryside, upper class, romantic rivalry, author. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, it stars Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine. A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
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