The Collector
– Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives..
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 girl friend - 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.
14 Aug 1965
English
William Wyler
John Fowles (novel), John Kohn (screenplay), Stanley Mann (screenplay)
Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore
Freddie, a socially withdrawn bank clerk and butterfly collector, decides to expand to collecting human specimens. That's where art student Miranda Grey comes in. Miranda matches wits with Freddie the icy psychopath.
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations.
Microcinema International