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About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 7, 1961
Box Office
$84K
Budget
$150K
Return
0.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 16, 1999
Theaters
4
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Michael Powell (Theatre)
Keywords
london, england
obsession
primal fear
childhood trauma
photography
serial killer
landlord
boarding house
psychological thriller
filmmaking
illegal prostitution
peeping tom
loner
voyeurism
blind mother
traumatic childhood
blind woman
sexual predator
proto-slasher
male gaze
mother and daughter
disturbed person
psychological horror
psychological drama
psychological trauma
Quotes
See all →The Psychology of Scoptophilia Explained
Mark
I-I don't remember what he called it, but it has something to do with what... what causes people to be Peeping Toms.
Dr. Rosan
Scoptophilia, that would interest him. Most fertile mind.
Mark
Scopto...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Gift for the Observer in the Window
Mrs. Stephens
Why don't we make him a present of that window? He practically lives there.
Helen
How did you know he was there?
Mrs. Stephens
The back of my neck told me. The part that I talk out of.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →K
Karlheinz Böhm
Mark Lewis
M
Moira Shearer
Vivian
A
Anna Massey
Helen Stephens
M
Maxine Audley
Mrs. Stephens
B
Brenda Bruce
Dora
M
Miles Malleson
Elderly Gentleman Customer
E
Esmond Knight
Arthur Baden
M
Martin Miller
Dr. Rosen
M
Michael Goodliffe
Don Jarvis
J
Jack Watson
Chief Insp. Gregg
S
Shirley Anne Field
Pauline Shields
P
Pamela Green
Milly
J
John Barrard
Small Man (uncredited)
R
Robert Crewdson
Shop Assistant on Film Set (uncredited)
N
Nigel Davenport
Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
M
Michael Powell
Mark's Father - A.N. Lewis (uncredited)
S
Susan Travers
Lorraine the Model (uncredited)
K
Keith Baxter
Det. Baxter (uncredited)
R
Roland Curram
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
J
John Dunbar
Police Doctor (uncredited)
