How ‘Sleuth’s lavish manor setting is a thinly veiled asylum of mind trickery
The soul of a house lies within he who inhabits it; and indeed, Sleuth’s (1972) grandiose stately manor, tucked away in the Wiltshire countryside – with its immaculate courtyard lined with statuettes and finely trimmed grass – is as precise a representation of Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) and his ostentatious persona as any. A personal …