Underplayed Gems

Peeper (1975)

Peeper poster
Directed by
Peter Hyams
Genre
comedy film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A clumsy private detective in the 1940s takes on a case involving a missing person. His investigation leads him through a series of comedic mishaps and encounters.

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What happens

Peeper is a 1975 American mystery comedy film directed by Peter Hyams, starring Michael Caine as Leslie C. Tucker, a bungling private investigator. A send-up of 1940s films noirs, Peeper was a box-office failure that jeopardized Hyams's career and almost prevented him from obtaining funding to produce Capricorn One. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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