Sleuth (2007 film) Branagh film, stating that the new version "has every ounce of entertainment drained from it" and called the film "unbelievably bad". Patrick Doyle is the composer and the music is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack is produced by Varèse Sarabande and was released in October 2007. Sleuth (2007 film) Sleuth is a 2007 British-American thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Jude Law and Michael Caine. The screenplay by Harold Pinter is an adaptation of Anthony Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play "Sleuth". Caine had previously starred in a 1972 version, where he played Law's role against Laurence
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