Peeper (film)

Peeper
Peeper
Directed by	Peter Hyams
Written by	W.D. Richter
Based on	Deadfall; by Keith Laumer
Produced by	Robert Chartoff; Irwin Winkler
Starring	Michael Caine; Natalie Wood; Kitty Winn; Michael Constantine; Liam Dunn; Timothy Agoglia Carey
Narrated by	Guy Marks
Cinematography	Earl Rath
Edited by	James Mitchell
Music by	Richard Clements
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 3, 1975;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,325,000

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.

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

External links

Peeper at IMDb
Peeper at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] Staff, Variety (1 January 1975). "Peeper".

[2] Holm, D. K. (20 October 2005). "Film Soleil: The Pocket Essential Guide". Summersdale Publishers Limited – via Google Books.

[3] Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (27 June 2018). "Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide". Wallflower Press – via Google Books.

[4] 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

[5] "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-29.

[6] Fat Chance' to Begin Shooting Los Angeles Times 3 Apr 1974: 29.

[wink-7] Winkler, Irwin (2019). A Life in Movies: Stories from Fifty Years in Hollywood (Kindle ed.). Abrams Press. pp. 1011–1036/3917.

[luke-8] Interview with Peter Hyams by Luke Ford accessed 27 July 2014

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