Deathtrap

Dark Manhattan theater winter rain drumming on pavement a lone typewriter. A desperate playwright and his student clash over a script. Sidney Lumet directs with dark humor.

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Sidney Lumet directed Deathtrap in 1982. See Sidney Lumet's full filmography, where to start with Sidney Lumet, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sidney Lumet.

Deathtrap was released in 1982 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.