The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
324 audience votes
Key crew
- Sidney LumetDirector
- Jay Presson AllenScreenplay
- Johnny MandelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael CaineSidney Bruhl
- Christopher ReeveClifford Anderson
- Dyan CannonMyra Bruhl
- Irene WorthHelga ten Dorp
- Henry JonesPorter Milgrim
- Joe SilverSeymour Starger
- Tony DiBenedettoBurt
- Al LeBretonHandsome Actor
- Francis B. Creamer Jr.Minister
- Stewart KleinStewart Klein
- Jeffrey LyonsJeffrey Lyons
- Joel SiegelJoel Siegel
Stills
Themes
murderplaywright