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Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

Horror · Thriller · Crime · 1960

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.

Movie details

Peeping Tom

“What made this the most diabolical murder weapon ever used?”

1960 Horror · Thriller · Crime 1h 41m

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7.5 / 10

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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.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Powell

Written by

Leo Marks

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Mark Lewis

Moira Shearer

Moira Shearer

Vivian

Anna Massey

Anna Massey

Helen Stephens

Maxine Audley

Maxine Audley

Mrs. Stephens

Brenda Bruce

Brenda Bruce

Dora

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Elderly Gentleman Customer

Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

Arthur Baden

Court is in session

Put Peeping Tom on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.