Anthony Shaffer ist ein erfahrener Militärveteran und Politikanalyst. Seine umfangreiche Karriere hat ihm eine einzigartige Perspektive auf Verteidigungs- und geopolitische Fragen verschafft. Nach seinem Ausscheiden aus dem Dienst stellt er nun seine Expertise führenden Forschungszentren zur Verfügung und leistet damit aufschlussreiche Analysen zu komplexen internationalen Angelegenheiten und Sicherheitsherausforderungen.
Auf einer kleinen abgelegenen Insel versucht ein Inspektor vom Festland das mysteriöse Verschwinden eines kleinen Mädchens aufzuklären. Dabei kommt er einem düsteren Geheimnis auf die Spur. Regisseur Neil LaBute verfilmte den britischen Horrorklassiker aus den 70er Jahren mit einer Starbesetzung. Ein Fest für alle Fans von Mystery-Thrillern wie „The Sixth Sense“ oder „The Village“. "'Wicker Man' ist der 'Citizen Kane' des Horrorfilms."
Sleuth has all the ingredients of a top-class thriller, which it undoubtedly is - a plot whose twists and turns are breathtakingly audacious and fiendishly cunning; suspense and excitement galore; and a brilliant parody of the Agatha Christie country-house thriller, mercilessly satirizing the genre at the same as using its technical devices to the full. It is a dramatic study of sexual conflict and jealousy between an older and a younger man; as well as a subtle psychological portrait of an inadequate and sexually-obsessed middle-aged man.Sleuth was filmed by Joseph Mankiewicz, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine in the leading roles, and this edition is fully illustrated with stills from the film, for which Anthony Shaffer wrote the screenplay.Anthony Shaffer has written several television and stage plays, including the West End success Murderer (also available from arion Boyars Publishers). He has also written many screenplays, including Play with a Gypsy , Hitchcock's Frenzy, The Wicker Man , and the Agatha Christie films Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun .
In this gripping account, Lt. Col. Shaffer reveals how government bureaucracy hindered efforts in the Afghanistan war. His firsthand experiences and testimony to the 9/11 Commission about critical intelligence failures led to the loss of his security clearance, adding weight to his compelling narrative.
An unusual and macabre beginning to this play sets the audience's nerves twitching well before any dialogue confuses their minds! Norman apparently murders his girlfriend, Millie, and is in the process of disposing of her body when he is interrupted by a Sergeant Stenning. The ensuing hunt for the victim and the ghoulish discovery of a head burning in the stove is fiendishly climaxed by the revelation that it is only a dummy. Yet is Millie really dead or not?|2 women, 2 men