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The "naïve" student writer who may be just as calculating as his mentor.

Sidney’s increasingly anxious and fragile wife.

Sidney’s attorney who plays a key role in the final twists. Review: 'Deathtrap,' timed for thrills - WHYY deathtrap script

Beyond the two leads, you have the eccentric psychic neighbor Helga Ten Dorp, who provides both comic relief and genuine chills as she senses the danger brewing in the Bruhl home.

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A sophisticated, dryly bitter writer of Broadway thrillers.

The " Deathtrap" script is a legendary thriller written by Ira Levin in 1978, known for being a "perfectly constructed masterpiece" of suspense and meta-humor. It follows Sidney Bruhl, a once-successful playwright facing a dry spell, who receives a brilliant new thriller script from a student and begins to hatch a murderous plan to claim the work as his own. Post Idea: The "Deathtrap" Plot Breakdown Review: 'Deathtrap,' timed for thrills - WHYY Beyond

Just when you think you’ve figured out the "murderous collaboration," the script pulls the rug out from under you. As critics often note, "nothing is as it seems".