Expert: Brad Lang - 3/16/2006

Question
Dear Sir, I have been trying to find out for years who is the singer performing the Cole Porter songs featured in the movie Sleuth - 1974, directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier: You do something to me, Just one of those things and Anything goes. The movie opening and ending credits only mention Music&Lyrics Cole Porter next to these three song titles. The movie soundtrack also does not include these songs, it covers only the music composed and conducted by John Addison for the movie. I have listened to internet samples of these songs sung by various male artists singing, but have not found a conclusive match, not even that it would be Cole Porter himself. Can you help with identifying the mystery guy?

Answer
Gloria:

That's a good question. For some reason there's no information anywhere, not even on the Internet Movie Database. Here's a source that might be able to help you (they have a discussion board):

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=22851

I haven't seen the film in a while and don't own it, so I can't help you by listening, unfortunately. How about posting your question on the Classic Movies Forum? That way more than one person can try to answer it. Go to http://forums.delphiforums.com/classicmov to log in. If you're not a Delphi member, you'll need to register, which only requires an email address.

Good luck,

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
http://www.classicmovies.org