Peeping Tom (1960)

Synopsis

Loner Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) 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 (Anna Massey), the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.



She sneaks into Mark's apartment to watch it and is horrified by what she sees -- especially when Mark catches her.

Cast: Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Columba Powell, Brenda Bruce, Miles Malleson, Esmond Knight, Martin Miller, Michael Goodliffe, Jack Watson, Nigel Davenport, Shirley Anne Field, Pamela Green, Michael Powell, John Barrard, Cornelia Frances, Susan Travers


The film's controversial subject matter and its extremely harsh reception by critics had a severely negative impact on Powell's career as a director in the United Kingdom.

However, it attracted a cult following, and in later years, it has been re-evaluated and is now widely considered a masterpiece, and a progenitor of the contemporary slasher film.

The British Film Institute named it the 78th greatest British film of all time, and in 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw it ranked the 27th best British film ever.

The music score was written by Brian Easdale and performed by Australian pianist Gordon Watson.

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Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Color: Black & White
Runtime: 102 min.