Film Gold

Author: Antony Rotunno

This is a deep dive into some of the host and the guests' favourite films, many of which we consider among the pinnacles of film achievement.
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Episode 45: Deathtrap (1982)
Wednesday, 17 June, 2026

If we told you ‘Deathtrap’ was the poorer cousin of ‘Sleuth’ (see Episode 13), would that be a bad thing? It would certainly be a great double bill, and the film on the docket this time is full of surprises, deception and plot twists. It’s not on a par with Hitchcock's ‘Psycho’ but does follow a similar structure as the viewer is engaged in one story before the film becomes something else entirely Film Gold regular Scott Phipps joins Antony for a fun moviewhose opening scene is ‘a movie of a play-within-a-play which takes place within the play on which the movie is based’. As well as Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve, we have the director with one of the greatest filmographiesever, Sidney Lumet, adapting a play by the legendary Ira Levin What could go wrong?... Enjoy! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to contrafib2001@gmail.com Facebook⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠ Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠⁠https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠ Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts⁠⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com⁠⁠https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com⁠ Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On JohnLennon and Life And Life Only) at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scott’s podcasts ‘The Stinking Pause’, ‘Reel Britannia’ and ‘Rainbow Valley'⁠https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause⁠https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritanniahttps://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/rainbowvalley episode linksDeathtrap film pages and original trailerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathtrap_(film)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083806/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AQ2GlTw7x4 That Kiss! (shock horror!!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd9ImWTVX8I Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve interviews for the filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFv0nVs_z7Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPnsPtp3Pk&t=318s Film Gold’s review of Sleuth (with Scott and his ReelBritannia co-host Stevenhttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-13-sleuth-1972/id1544641271?i=1000542380256 Caine and Reeve reunited in ‘Noises Off’ (1992)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkRw2GAxRo What is Primal Therapy?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_therapy How to Better Understand the Rubik's Cubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK9XjwmseSk