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Body Double (1984)

R 114 min  -  Crime | Drama | Mystery  -   26 October 1984 (USA)
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A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.

Director:

Brian De Palma

Writers:

Robert J. Avrech (screenplay), Brian De Palma (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Craig Wasson ...
Melanie Griffith ...
Gregg Henry ...
Deborah Shelton Deborah Shelton ...
Guy Boyd ...
Dennis Franz ...
David Haskell David Haskell ...
Rebecca Stanley Rebecca Stanley ...
Al Israel Al Israel ...
Corso the Director
Douglas Warhit Douglas Warhit ...
Video Salesman
B.J. Jones B.J. Jones ...
Douglas
Russ Marin Russ Marin ...
Frank
Lane Davies ...
Billy
Barbara Crampton ...
Larry Flash Jenkins ...
Assistant Director (as Larry 'Flash' Jenkins)
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Storyline

Jake comes home to find his girlfriend with another man and has to find a new place. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire B-movie, he scans the paper looking for anything. He happens to meet a fellow actor who needs a house sitter. Both are pleased with the arrangement that will have Jake staying in the house and for a sweetener, Frank shows him his 'favorite neighbor', a well built woman who strips with her window open each night. Jake becomes obsessed with meeting her and is able to help recover her purse from a thief, but shows his own phobia, he is incapacitated by claustrophobia when the thief runs through a tunnel. When Jake witnesses a murder, he finds out that the police love to pin crimes on peeping Toms. Jake discovers that here are just too many coincidences but must hunt them down himself without the police. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Police | Actor | Neighbor | Murder | House Sitter  | See more »

Taglines:

You can't believe everything you see. See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Doble de cuerpo See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,837,978 (USA) (28 October 1984) (1428 Screens)

Gross:

$8,801,940 (USA) (18 November 1984)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Deborah Shelton's voice is dubbed. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: The first time "The Indian" attempts to use the drill, when the cord is too short to reach, the drill is running in reverse. That would make it pretty tough to use in the eventual manner. See more »

Quotes

Male Porno Star: I'm not just a stunt cock, I'm an ACTOR!
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Connections

Referenced in Green River Killer (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Main Theme"
Written by Pinno Donaggio See more »