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Almost a love story. - The Collector
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Title: The Collector

Release Date: 17 Jun 1965

Runtime: 1h 59m

Genre: Thriller

Director: Collector Company, Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Collector Company, Columbia Pictures

Overview: Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money and buys himself a country house. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girlfriend - in the same manner as he collects butterflies. He prepares the cellar of the house to be a collecting jar and stalks his victim over several days.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (198 votes)

Cast

  • Freddie Clegg: Terence Stamp
  • Miranda Grey: Samantha Eggar
  • Aunt Annie: Mona Washbourne
  • The Neighbor: Maurice Dallimore
  • Nurse / Next Victim (uncredited): Edina Ronay
  • Miranda’s Older Friend (uncredited): Kenneth More
  • First Victim (uncredited): Allyson Ames
  • Clerk (uncredited): David Haviland
  • Clerk (uncredited): Gordon Barclay
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