Peeper (film)
Peeper is a 1975 American comedy-mystery film directed by Peter Hyams that starred Michael Caine as Leslie C. Tucker, a bungling private investigator.[5] It was a send-up of 1940s film noir. Peeper was a box-office failure that jeopardized Hyams's career and almost prevented him from obtaining funding to produce Capricorn One.
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| Directed by | Peter Hyams |
| Produced by | Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler |
| Written by | W.D. Richter |
| Based on | Deadfall by Keith Laumer |
| Starring | Michael Caine Natalie Wood Kitty Winn Michael Constantine Liam Dunn Timothy Agoglia Carey |
| Narrated by | Guy Marks |
| Music by | Richard Clements |
| Cinematography | Earl Rath |
| Edited by | James Mitchell |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,325,000[4] |
Cast
- 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
Production
The film originally was titled Fat Chance and began filming in June 1974.[6] The producers had worked with Peter Hymans on Busting and hired him to rewrite W.D. Richter's script and direct because they liked the comic elements of Busting.[7]
Reception
Hyams said with the film he "managed to combine critical and commercial failure. And that made me colder than ice. Nobody wanted me."[8]
References
- Staff, Variety (1 January 1975). "Peeper".
- Holm, D. K. (20 October 2005). "Film Soleil: The Pocket Essential Guide". Summersdale Publishers Limited – via Google Books.
- Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (27 June 2018). "Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide". Wallflower Press – via Google Books.
- 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.
- Fat Chance' to Begin Shooting Los Angeles Times 3 Apr 1974: 29.
- Winkler, Irwin (2019). A Life in Movies: Stories from Fifty Years in Hollywood (Kindle ed.). Abrams Press. pp. 1011–1036/3917.
- Interview with Peter Hyams by Luke Ford accessed 27 July 2014
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