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Peeping Tom

Michael Powell • Drama, UR

Much criticised at the time of its release, Michael Powell’s psychological study of a shy camera technician who films for his home movies the death throes of the women he kills is now widely regarded as a dark classic. Less a straightforward serial-killer thriller than a Freudian meditation on how and why we watch movies, it is rich in its thematic resonance – and in in-jokes about the film world.

Tags
Homicide, Film production, Sex work
Cast
Karlheinz Böhm Mark Lewis
Moira Shearer Vivian
Anna Massey Helen Stephens
Maxine Audley Mrs Stephens
Crew
Michael Powell director

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