This savvy remake promises just as many twists and pitch-perfect performances as the 1972 film. Since the original SLEUTH still shocks some might question director Kenneth Branaghs desire to remake the classic but Michael Caine doesnt reprise his role from the first film. Instead he stars as the betrayed husband (first played by Lawrence Olivier) while Jude Law plays Caines original role of the rogue who stole his wife away. Nobel-Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter provides the crackling dialogue this time around.