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) in Kerama Retto for transfer to Buckner Bay. Before proceeding to that place, "Baretta" assisted LCT-466 that had lost her ramp and taken a 10 degree list to starboard. "Baretta" built a wooden jury ramp, repaired the tank landing craft's leaking starboard ballast tank and shifted the cargo load to port. The next afternoon, "Baretta" moved to the anchorage at Unten Ko, off northeastern Okinawa where she was protected from a raging typhoon. By the 21st, the storm had abated and finally "Baretta" moved to Buckner Bay. Upkeep and logistics occupied her for about a week. Then she joined "Stagbush"