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The Collector

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The Collector
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NR,1hr 59min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1965
Director:
William Wyler
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Maurice Dallimore  ...more
Synopsis: John Fowles's novel The Collector was written in the form of a dual diary, one kept by a kidnapper, the other by his victim. The film is told almost exclusively from the point of view of the former, a nerdish British bank clerk named Freddy Clegg (Terence Stamp). A neurotic recluse whose only pleasure is butterfly collecting, Clegg wins $200,000 in the British Football Pool. He purchases a huge country estate, fixes up its cellar with all the comforts of home, then kidnaps Miranda (Samantha Eggar), ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
The success of The Collector depends almost entirely on its two stars, Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar, since scarcely anyone else is in the movie. Stamp probably delivers the performance of his career as the wonderfully named Freddy Clegg. After winning an Oscar nomination for his second movie, Billy Budd (1962), Stamp took something of a hiatus -- he was one of the leading figures of London's ... Full Review
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Terence Stamp
Freddie Clegg
Samantha Eggar
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