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The Collector

The Collector

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 17, 1965

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Thriller

User Score

73%

Original Title

The Collector

Production Companies

Collector Company, Columbia Pictures

Director

William Wyler

Description

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.