Peeper (film)
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| Peeper | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Hyams |
| Written by | Keith Laumer (source novel, originally titled Deadfall); W.D. Richter (adapter for the screen) |
| Narrated by | Guy Marks |
| Starring | Michael Caine |
| Release date(s) | 1975 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,325,000[1] |
Peeper is a 1975 comedy-mystery film directed by Peter Hyams that starred Michael Caine as Leslie C. Tucker, a bungling private investigator.[2] It was a send-up of the 1940s film noir genre, but it was released at the same approximate time as both the drama-mystery Chinatown and the Herbert Ross-directed Woody Allen comedy Play It Again, Sam, and as a direct result, Peeper was a box-office failure that jeopardized Hyams's career and almost prevented him from obtaining funding to produce Capricorn One.
Cast [edit]
- Michael Caine as Leslie C. Tucker
- Natalie Wood as Ellen Prendergast
- Kitty Winn as Mianne Prendergast
- Michael Constantine as Anglich
- Thayer David as Frank Prendergast
- Timothy Carey as Sid (credited as Timothy Agoglia Carey)
- Liam Dunn as Billy Pate
- Don Calfa as Rosie
- Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Prendergast
- Buffy Dee as Bazooka Himself
- Robert Ito as Butler
- Liz Renay as Stripper
- Paul Jabara as Janitor
References [edit]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p257
- ^ "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
External links [edit]
- Peeper at the Internet Movie Database
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