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Peeping Tom

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Peeping Tom (1960)
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A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
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    • Michael Powell
    • Leo Marks(original story)
  • Stars
    • Karlheinz Böhm
    • Anna Massey
    • Moira Shearer
    • Michael Powell
    • Leo Marks(original story)
  • Stars
    • Karlheinz Böhm
    • Anna Massey
    • Moira Shearer
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    • 209User reviews
    • 136Critic reviews
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    Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm, Maxine Audley, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm, Maxine Audley, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm, Maxine Audley, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm and Anna Massey in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm and Anna Massey in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm and Anna Massey in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Karlheinz Böhm and Anna Massey in Peeping Tom (1960)
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    Karlheinz Böhm
    Karlheinz Böhm
    • Mark Lewis
    • (as Carl Boehm)
    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
    Martin Miller
    Martin Miller
    • Dr. Rosen
    Michael Goodliffe
    Michael Goodliffe
    • Don Jarvis
    Jack Watson
    Jack Watson
    • Chief Insp. Gregg
    Shirley Anne Field
    Shirley Anne Field
    • Pauline Shields
    • (as Shirley Ann Field)
    Pamela Green
    Pamela Green
    • Milly
    John Barrard
    John Barrard
    • Small Man
    • (uncredited)
    William Baskiville
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Keith Baxter
    Keith Baxter
    • Det. Baxter
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Carter
    • St John's Medic
    • (uncredited)
    John Chappell
    • Clapper Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Crewdson
    Robert Crewdson
    • Shop Assistant on Film Set
    • (uncredited)
      • Michael Powell
      • Leo Marks(original story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Many critics of the time were offended by Michael Powell's use of himself and his real life son as Mark Lewis's father and the young Mark Lewis respectively. They thought Powell overly identified with the movie and that the use of his son bordered on abuse. In interviews as an adult, Powell's son has admitted he finds these criticisms laughable.
    • Goofs
      Mark has a strong German accent, despite it being shown that he has lived in England all his life and had English parents.
    • Quotes

      Mark Lewis: Do you know what the most frightening thing in the world is? It's fear.

    • Alternate versions
      In the scene where Mark is about to kill the 'model' "Milly" she lays on the bed bare breasted. For the US version they had to re-shoot with her breasts covered.
    • Connections
      Featured in Arena: A Pretty British Affair (1981)

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    8/10
    Peeping Tom (1960)
    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!
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      • May 16, 1960 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Newman Arms - 23 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Michael Powell (Theatre)
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
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