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Post by hi224 on Mar 7, 2020 6:12:47 GMT
I slightly prefer Caine actually.
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Post by OldAussie on Mar 7, 2020 6:34:15 GMT
a tie.....or Larry
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Mar 7, 2020 15:00:43 GMT
Caine. Although I adore Olivier, he was just too, too much in this.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 7, 2020 15:11:51 GMT
Olivier
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Post by marshamae on Mar 7, 2020 15:17:16 GMT
Can’t separate them. It’s a brilliant duet, a two part invention with each part self sufficient, yet twining together to form a complete harmonic entity.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 7, 2020 17:31:42 GMT
I like the guy who sings and keeps Nalkarj busy looking for his identity  |
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Post by teleadm on Mar 7, 2020 23:56:26 GMT
That a movie that is over 2 hours can be that entertaining is a crime in itself, with only three characters, don't forget good old Alec Cawthorne was in it too.
Though I felt sorry for Caine, Olivier gave one of his most appealing performances.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 8, 2020 0:19:30 GMT
serious answer ?
k .....
They both scenery chew quite a bit but Michael does not get nearly as many splinters … the scene were Olivier is getting his snack is a bit too much …. it's all quite stagey and actually worked better ON stage than it does as a film.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Mar 8, 2020 14:49:47 GMT
serious answer ? k ..... They both scenery chew quite a bit but Michael does not get nearly as many splinters … the scene were Olivier is getting his snack is a bit too much …. it's all quite stagey and actually worked better ON stage than it does as a film. i agree! I saw the play in NYC when it ran back in the 70's with Patrick MacNee. It does work better as a stage production.
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Post by telegonus on Mar 8, 2020 16:46:37 GMT
Both actors are fine by me. My preference in general is for Olivier, though in Sleuth Caine pretty well matches him.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 10, 2020 17:38:04 GMT
serious answer ? k ..... They both scenery chew quite a bit but Michael does not get nearly as many splinters … the scene were Olivier is getting his snack is a bit too much …. it's all quite stagey and actually worked better ON stage than it does as a film. Hoo boy, does it! My Lovely Wife and I were lucky to catch the Broadway Road Show in Chicago in 1972. We saw Michael Allinson (who had been the stand-by for Anthony Quayle in the original NYC production) and rising actor Curt Dawson (d. 1985). The dialog was rapid-fire and was full of excitement. When the movie came out just four or five months later, I was really disappointed. I thought you could drive a 10-ton, semi-tractor, E-flat trailer truck in between the spoken lines. The whole thing felt slow and plodding - some of that may have been how it was directed and edited, not the fault of the actors. Over the years, I have come to appreciate the performances and overall film quite a bit more and now am reconciled to the movie. Still, the memory of that live theater experience stays with me.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 10, 2020 18:31:33 GMT
That a movie that is over 2 hours can be that entertaining is a crime in itself, with only three characters, don't forget good old Alec Cawthorne was in it too. Though I felt sorry for Caine, Olivier gave one of his most appealing performances. The Playbill program I was given for the Sleuth Road Show in Chicago gave names and acting resumes for Inspector Doppler (Phillip Farrar), Detective Sergeant Tarrant (Harold K. Newman) and Police Constable Higgs (Roger Purnell).
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Post by teleadm on Mar 10, 2020 18:50:10 GMT
That a movie that is over 2 hours can be that entertaining is a crime in itself, with only three characters, don't forget good old Alec Cawthorne was in it too. Though I felt sorry for Caine, Olivier gave one of his most appealing performances. The Playbill program I was given for the Sleuth Road Show in Chicago gave names and acting resumes for Inspector Doppler (Phillip Farrar), Detective Sergeant Tarrant (Harold K. Newman) and Police Constable Higgs (Roger Purnell).  Is that Joanne Woodward making a painted cameo as Marguerite Wyke?
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 10, 2020 19:03:55 GMT
The Playbill program I was given for the Sleuth Road Show in Chicago gave names and acting resumes for Inspector Doppler (Phillip Farrar), Detective Sergeant Tarrant (Harold K. Newman) and Police Constable Higgs (Roger Purnell). Is that Joanne Woodward making a painted cameo as Marguerite Wyke? Sure looks like it to me.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 10, 2020 19:06:20 GMT
Inspector Doppler
I caught this on A&E one dull afternoon. Knew nothing about it.
Was quite a good mind twist.
Now if only that singer could be identified...
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Post by theravenking on Mar 11, 2020 12:35:09 GMT
Olivier
I have to say, I might have been about 10 years old when I first saw it, and I already suspected that it was Caine disguised as Inspector Doppler. Which is not to take away anything from his performance, despite this he was quite excellent, but I thought the slight theatricality of Olivier's performance matched really well with the pompousness of his character, and even though I disliked Wyke at first at the end he made me genuinely care for his character, while Tindle came over as a bit of a callous jerk.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 11, 2020 18:08:10 GMT
Olivier I have to say, I might have been about 10 years old when I first saw it, and I already suspected that it was Caine disguised as Inspector Doppler. Which is not to take away anything from his performance, despite this he was quite excellent, but I thought the slight theatricality of Olivier's performance matched really well with the pompousness of his character, and even though I disliked Wyke at first at the end he made me genuinely care for his character, while Tindle came over as a bit of a callous jerk. curious what made you feel that way about both characters?.
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Post by theravenking on Mar 13, 2020 14:19:35 GMT
Olivier I have to say, I might have been about 10 years old when I first saw it, and I already suspected that it was Caine disguised as Inspector Doppler. Which is not to take away anything from his performance, despite this he was quite excellent, but I thought the slight theatricality of Olivier's performance matched really well with the pompousness of his character, and even though I disliked Wyke at first at the end he made me genuinely care for his character, while Tindle came over as a bit of a callous jerk. curious what made you feel that way about both characters?. Well, at first Milo was the underdog which made me sympathize with him while Wyke is obviously a bit snobbish. But once Caine's character took things too far his disregard of fair play mde me lose respect for him.
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