Sleuth - 1972 - 8/10

Brilliant adaptation of the Shaffer play.
Wife’s lover approaches the successful writer husband, asking if he will divorce her.
The old lion seems agreeable, but he is a game player.
He wants to keep his fortune away from one he views as a fortune hunter.
The young stud, well, all he wants is the trophy wife, right?
Then the games, the traps, the countermoves.
For a play, and this smacks of boards at times, this bristles with electricity.
Olivier is marvelous, yet Caine holds his own in this exceptional thriller.