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Peeping Tom (1960)

X 101 min  -  Crime | Horror | Thriller  -   15 May 1962 (USA)
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A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

Director:

Michael Powell

Writers:

Leo Marks (original story), Leo Marks (screenplay)
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Peeping Tom -- Mark, obsessed with the effects of fear and how they are registered on the face of the frightened, murders women and uses a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. Peeping Tom -- A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Karlheinz Böhm Karlheinz Böhm ...
Mark Lewis (as Carl Boehm)
Moira Shearer Moira Shearer ...
Vivian
Anna Massey Anna Massey ...
Helen Stephens
Maxine Audley Maxine Audley ...
Brenda Bruce Brenda Bruce ...
Dora
Miles Malleson Miles Malleson ...
Elderly Gentleman Customer
Esmond Knight ...
Arthur Baden
Michael Goodliffe ...
Don Jarvis
Martin Miller Martin Miller ...
Dr. Rosen
Jack Watson Jack Watson ...
Chief Insp. Gregg
Shirley Anne Field Shirley Anne Field ...
Pauline Shields (as Shirley Ann Field)
Pamela Green Pamela Green ...
Milly
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Storyline

Mark Lewis, works as a focus puller in a British film studio. On his off hours, he supplies a local porno shop with cheesecake photos and also dabbles in filmmaking. A lonely, unfriendly, sexually repressed fellow, Mark is obsessed with the effects of fear and how they are registered on the face and behavior of the frightened. This obsession dates from the time when, as a child, he served as the subject of some cold-blooded experiments in the psychology of terror conducted by his own scientist father. As a grown man, Mark becomes a compulsive murderer who kills women and records their contorted features and dying gasps on film. His ongoing project is a documentary on fear. With 16mm camera in hand, he accompanies a prostitute to her room and stabs her with a blade concealed in his tripod, all the while photographing her contorted face in the throes of terror and death. Alone in his room... Written by alfiehitchie  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Fear | Terror | Experiment | Camera | Death  | See more »

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Face of Fear See more »

Box Office

Budget:

£135,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$83,957 (USA) (22 August 1999) (re-issue)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael Powell (Theatre) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | USA: (cut version)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Early choices for the role of Mark included Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. See more »

Goofs

Miscellaneous: Mark has a strong German accent, despite it being shown that he has lived in England all his life and had English parents. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
[Mark approaches the prostitute, covertly filming her]
Dora: It'll be two quid
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Connections

Featured in "Arena: A Pretty British Affair" (1981) See more »