Peeping Tom (1960) Horror Thriller Drama
Peeping Tom (1960) Movie Release Dates / Movie Details
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Peeping Tom Plot Synopsis:
Mark Lewis, works as a focus puller in a British film studio. On his off hours, he supplies a local p*rno shop with cheesecake photos and also dabbles in filmmaking. A lonely, unfriendly, s**ually 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 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 dy**g 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, he surrounds himself with the sights and sounds of terror: taped screams, black-and-white "home movies" of convulsed faces. At his house, he meets Helen Stephens, a young woman who lives with her blind mother in a downstairs flat. She visits his flat, where he shows her black-and-white films that were taken of him when he was a child. She is horrified to see that his father used him as a guinea pig in various experiments, taking movies of his reactions of fear.
Synopsis / Plot Summary: A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dy**g expressions of terror.
Tagline: Stark Terror Meets Art in a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse. (DVD)
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Peeping Tom Movie Information:
Type: MovieYear: 1960 (more 1960 movies)
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Writers: Leo Marks
Producers: Albert Fennell, Michael Powell
Editors: Noreen Ackland
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Peeping Tom Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | Character(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Karlheinz Böhm | ... | Mark Lewis (as Carl Boehm) |
| Moira Shearer | ... | Vivian |
| Anna Massey | ... | Helen Stephens |
| Maxine Audley | ... | Mrs. Stephens |
| Brenda Bruce | ... | Dora |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Elderly Gentleman Customer |
| Esmond Knight | ... | Arthur Baden |
| Martin Miller | ... | Dr. Rosen |
| Michael Goodliffe | ... | Don Jarvis |
| Jack Watson | ... | Chief Insp. Gregg |
| Shirley Anne Field | ... | Pauline Shields (as Shirley Ann Field) |
| Pamela Green | ... | Milly |
| John Barrard | ... | Small Man (uncredited) |
| Keith Baxter | ... | Det. Baxter (uncredited) |
| John Chappell | ... | Clapper Boy (uncredited) |
| Robert Crewdson | ... | Shop Assistant on Film Set (uncredited) |
| Roland Curram | ... | Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited) |
| Nigel Davenport | ... | Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited) |
| John Dunbar | ... | Police Doctor (uncredited) |
| Maurice Durant | ... | Publicity Chief (uncredited) |
Fun Facts: 15 Real AGES of Cast
- Karlheinz Böhm, as Mark Lewis (as Carl Boehm), passed away at age 86 in Grödig, Salzburg, Austria.
Sign: Pisces
Also known as: Carl-Heinz Boehm | Carl Boehm | Karl Boehm | Carl Bohm | Carl Böhm | Karl Heinz Böhm | Karl-Heinz Böhm | Karl Böhm - Moira Shearer – Vivian
- Anna Massey, as Helen Stephens, passed away at age 73 in London, England, UK.
Sign: Leo, Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Also known as: Anna Massey CBE | Anna Massey OBE - Maxine Audley, as Mrs. Stephens, passed away at age 69 in London, England, UK.
Sign: Taurus, Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) - Brenda Bruce, as Dora, passed away at age 76 in London, England, UK.
Sign: Cancer, Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) - Miles Malleson, as Elderly Gentleman Customer, passed away at age 80 in Westm.
Sign: Gemini
Also known as: Miles Malieson | Miles Mallison - Esmond Knight, as Arthur Baden, passed away at age 80 in London, England, UK.
Sign: Taurus - Martin Miller, as Dr. Rosen, passed away at age 69 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Sign: Virgo, Height: 5' 7" (1.7 m)
Also known as: Martyn Miller - Michael Goodliffe, as Don Jarvis, passed away at age 61 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.
Sign: Libra, Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m) - Jack Watson, as Chief Insp. Gregg, passed away at age 84 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
Sign: Taurus, Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) - Shirley Anne Field (b. June 27, 1938) – Pauline Shields (as Shirley Ann Field)
Sign: Cancer, Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Also known as: Shirley Ann Field | Shirley-Ann Field - Pamela Green, as Milly, passed away at age 81 in Isle of Wight, England, UK.
Sign: Aries
Also known as: Rita Landre | Rita Landré - John Barrard, as Small Man (uncredited), passed away at age 89 in London, England, UK.
Sign: Virgo - Keith Baxter (b. April 29, 1933) – Det. Baxter (uncredited)
Sign: Taurus
Also known as: Keith Baxter-Wright - John Chappell – Clapper Boy (uncredited)
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