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Synopsis: Peeping Tom is a 1960 British horror thriller film directed by Michael Powell and written by the World War II cryptographer and polymath Leo Marks. The title derives from the slang expression 'Peeping Tom' describing a voyeur. The film revolves around a serial killer who murders women while using a portable movie camera to record their dying expressions of terror.
Production: Astor Pictures Corporation
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
NOT RATED
Year:
1960
101 min
795 Views


ELDERLY GENTLEMAN

I, er... how much each?

MR. PETERS

Five shillings, sir.

ELDERLY GENTLEMAN

I'll take this one... and, er...

this one... and, er... how much

would the lot be?

MR. PETERS

To you - five pounds, sir...

The Elderly Gentleman hesitates. Mr. Peters turns over a

page... and the Elderly Gentleman almost turns over with

it.

MR. PETERS

Tell you what, sir. Four pounds

ten - and I'll throw in The Times

and Telegraph... how's that?

ELDERLY GENTLEMAN

Well, er... thank you very much.

MR. PETERS

Let me wrap it for you, sir.

He puts it in a wrapper which says 'Educational Books'.

MR. PETERS

Shall I put you on our mailing

list?

ELDERLY GENTLEMAN

Oh no! But I'll look in again...

MR. PETERS

By all means, sir.

He holds open the door for the Elderly Gentleman, and

watches him leave.

MR. PETERS

He won't be doing the crossword

tonight!

He turns triumphantly to Mark.

MR. PETERS

(counting out money

from wallet)

Those pictures he chose... were

all yours!

(handing notes)

This is yours!

Mark pockets them without counting them.

CLOSE SHOT of Mark.

MR. PETERS

(in a very different

tone)

And this is yours too...

He picks up a postcard - holds it towards Mark.

MR. PETERS

And that's what I want to talk to

you about. It's a clever picture -

because you're a clever lad...

but, Mark...

(pathetically)

It's all face.

Mark looks at the postcard in silence.

MR. PETERS

I don't want to hurt your feelings,

son - but if people want the Mona

Lisa they go to the National

Gallery.

MARK:

The Louvre.

MR. PETERS

Well, wherever they go, they don't

come here... so no more of this

fancy stuff...

He pats Mark's arm.

MR. PETERS

... now get upstairs - the girls

are waiting... and so is a bonus

if you give me what I want.

MARK:

Thank you, sir.

MR. PETERS

(amused)

What do you do with all your money?

MARK:

Buy cameras.

He opens a door at the far end of the room. We catch a

glimpse of a winding staircase. He starts to climb it.

INT. REAR OF NEWSAGENT'S SHOP - DAY

At the top of the staircase is a door. Mark and his camera

trudge towards it. The door opens suddenly. A vivacious

young redhead - Milly - pokes her head round. She has a

towel round her shoulders.

MILLY:

Well look who's here! Cecil Beaton!

From REVERSE ANGLE WE SEE Mark venture a shy smile at Milly.

Milly opens the door impatiently.

MILLY:

Come on, sonny... make us famous.

Through the half-open door we catch a glimpse of a second

Girl (LORRAINE). She is staring out of a window, her back

to camera. She is naked except for a shawl draped round

her shoulders.

Mark enters the room... the door begins to close. CAMERA

TRACKS towards the door. On the threshold of the room, a

hood is thrown over our faces. THE SCREEN BLACKS OUT.

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Leo Marks

Leopold Samuel "Leo" Marks, MBE (24 September 1920 – 15 January 2001) was an English cryptographer during the Second World War. He headed the codes office supporting resistance agents in occupied Europe for the secret Special Operations Executive organisation. After the war, Marks became a playwright and screenwriter, writing scripts that frequently utilised his war-time cryptographic experiences. He wrote the script for Peeping Tom, the controversial film directed by Michael Powell which had a disastrous effect on Powell's career, but has subsequently been described by Martin Scorsese as a masterpiece. In 1998, towards the end of his life, Marks published a personal history of his experiences during the war, Between Silk and Cyanide, which was critical of the leadership of SOE. more…

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