The Collector poster
Director William Wyler
Screenplay Stanley Mann, John Kohn

The Collector

Tagline: Almost a love story.

Release Date: 1965-06-17

Duration: 119 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

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