Sleuth (2007 Film) - Synopsis

Synopsis

"A millionaire detective novelist matches wits with the unemployed actor who ran off with his wife in a deadly serious, seriously twisted game with dangerous consequences." It is much the same as the original except:

• Tindle does not pretend to murder Wyke's mistress - instead he pretends to perform the robbery he set up before;
• Tindle uses a fake beard and makeup to look like a police officer:
• Wyke now tries to seduce Tindle; and
• Wyke appears to get off scot free at the end, as opposed to the original where Wyke is likely to be arrested. (This time his wife appears to be on her way to the house, as opposed to the police.)
• In the original, Wyke was an aristocratic eccentric; his vehement dislike of Tindle's working-class, Italian roots was the source of much of the tension. This is not the case in this version.
• Tindle is an impoverished actor, rather than a wealthy hairdressing-salon owner.