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15 May 1962 (USA) moreTagline:
Years ahead of its time and still one of the most disturbing and psychologically complex horror films ever made! (DVD) morePlot:
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. full summary | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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Peeping Tom (1960) more (102 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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. Rosan | |
| Michael Goodliffe | ... | Don Jarvis | |
| Jack Watson | ... | Chief Insp. Gregg | |
| Shirley Anne Field | ... | Diane Ashley | |
| Pamela Green | ... | Milly, the model |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
101 min | USA:86 min (cut version)Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
UK:X (original rating) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2005) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-14 (2000) | Finland:K-16 (1983) | UK:15 (re-rating) | UK:15 (reclassification) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:(Banned) (1960) | Spain:13 | Sweden:(Banned) (1961-1973) | Sweden:15 (re-rating) | USA:Not RatedFun Stuff
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The character of Don Jarvis the studio boss is a parody of notorious Rank mogul John Davis. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: As Mark approaches the prostitute on the street in the opening scene of the movie, the wall behind her shows Mark's shadow and a second shadow that appears to be of a crouched person walking with him. moreQuotes:
[first lines][Mark approaches the prostitute, covertly filming her]
Dora: It'll be two quid
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I've watched Michael Powell['s PEEPING TOM a couple of times on TV but I've yet to give my Criterion DVD a spin. Certainly one of the most original, challenging and bleakest films ever made and to have come from a British film-maker, albeit an iconoclastic one, makes the achievement all the more remarkable. While I do think that comparisons to its contemporary PSYCHO (1960) are a bit tenuous, it has to be said that both films can be thought of as belonging to the horror genre in fact, PEEPING TOM was the third British "slasher" movie in a row, following HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM (1959) and CIRCUS OF HORRORS (1960) - but can also lay claim to being a very dark sort of black comedy. Besides, both films feature dysfunctional, immature, adult male protagonists haunted by a terrible upbringing which vents itself in a series of murders. Furthermore, while both films have been harshly reviled by critics when first released, in time, they have had their reputations make a complete about face and nowadays are numbered among their respective directors' unassailable masterpieces!