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
HMS Sleuth (P261) "Sleuth" was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 6 July 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Sleuth". The boat operated in the Pacific Far East for most of her wartime career, often in company with her sister, HMS "Solent". Together they sank fifteen Japanese sailing vessels and the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper "Wa 3". "Sleuth" survived the Second World War and continued in service. On 13 June 1952 she collided with the destroyer HMS "Zephyr", while leaving Portland harbour. She put her stern through the side of "Zephyr" as