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Peeping Tom (1960)

NR 05/16/1960 Horror, Thriller, Drama 1h 41m
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User
Score
7.6/10
96%

What made this the most diabolical murder weapon ever used?

Overview

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

Leo Marks

Screenplay

Michael Powell

Director

Top Billed Cast

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Mark Lewis

Anna Massey

Anna Massey

Helen Stephens

Moira Shearer

Moira Shearer

Vivian

Maxine Audley

Maxine Audley

Mrs. Stephens

Brenda Bruce

Brenda Bruce

Dora

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Elderly Gentleman Customer

Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

Arthur Baden

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

Don Jarvis

Jack Watson

Jack Watson

Chief Insp. Gregg

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Media

STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS: THE PODCAST - Peeping Tom

STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS: THE PODCAST - Peeping Tom

Official 4K Restoration Trailer

Official 4K Restoration Trailer

Opening scene

Opening scene

Martin Scorsese and more discuss Michael Powell's PEEPING TOM

Martin Scorsese and more discuss Michael Powell's PEEPING TOM

Mark Kermode reviews Peeping Tom

Mark Kermode reviews Peeping Tom

Trailer

Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on February 11, 2014

Fear and the Nervous System.

Peeping Tom is directed by Michael Powell and written by Leo Marks. It stars Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley and Brenda Bruce. Music is by Brian Easdale and cinematography by Otto Heller.

A famous (infamous) film for a number of reasons, not least that the fall out from its release effectively finished the career of the great Michael Powell. Interestingly now, still some 50 plus years later, there are still people discovering the film for the first time and not being sure what they have just watched; much like many critics back in 1960 as it happens! While horror seekers quite often come away disappointed that they haven’t seen a Jack the Ripper bloodshed movie. Apparently they see the words serial killer and expect gore and terro...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on November 13, 2022

I can recall being genuinely scared when I first saw this film in the early 1970s. Young women are being found murdered. What makes their crimes especially heinous is the look of sheer terror found on their faces - and that is what is further perplexing the pursing Scotland Yard detective "Gregg" (Jack Watson). Meantime, actress "Vivian" (Moira Shearer) is filming her new movie and on the set is the camera-obsessed "Mark" (Karlheinz Böhm) who rents out the bottom part of his sprawling house to a group of youngsters. Usually keeping himself to himself, he is befriended by "Helen" (Anna Massey) and soon a relationship, of sorts, develops as she takes an interest in both him and his films. When tragedy occurs at the studio, the police investigation initially includes the sound stage crew, an...

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