Sleuth (1972 film) was considered unsuccessful in comparison to the original. Sleuth (1972 film) Sleuth is a 1972 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. The screenplay by playwright Anthony Shaffer was based on his 1970 Tony Award-winning play. Both Olivier and Caine were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances. This was Mankiewicz's final film. Critics gave the film overwhelmingly positive reviews, and would later note similarities between it and Caine's 1982 film "Deathtrap". Andrew Wyke, a successful writer of crime fiction, who lives in a large country manor house filled with elaborate
USS Baretta (AN-41) parted and heavy seas prevented further attempts to salvage the "LCVP". At 1022 on 4 October, "Baretta" was lying off Angaur Island when "LCT-579" struck a mine 300 yards off shore. "Baretta's" motor launch sped to the scene with a rescue party and removed 11 injured men before the damaged craft sank. Through the rest of 1944, "Baretta" repaired and supplied landing craft and helped to retrieve them when they broached or became stranded. After transferring gear on 3 January 1945, "Baretta" sailed to Kossol Passage and, following operations in that vicinity, got underway with "Spangler" (DE 696) on the