Trivia / Peeping Tom

• Completely Different Title:
  • Argentina and Peru: Three Faces for Fear
  • Belgium: The Lurker
  • Brazil: The Torture of Fear
  • Czech Republic: Curious
  • Denmark: Photo Models Are Hunted
  • Finland: The Face of Fear
  • France: The Voyeur
  • Germany: Eyes of Fear
  • Hungary: Cameras
  • Italy: The Eye That Kills
  • Mexico: The Photographer of Fear
  • Netherlands: The Mystery of the Missing Women
  • Portugal: The Victim of Fear
  • Serbia: Voyeur
  • Slovenian: Death in the Eyes
  • Spain: The Panic Photographer
  • Turkey: Woman Murderer
• Creator Killer: Michael Powell's career was damaged by the film's scandal, and he struggled to find work afterwards.
• Dawson Casting: Dora the prostitute is referenced in the Daily Mirror headlines as a "young girl". But Brenda Bruce was 40 during shooting. Helped by her being Older Than They Look.
• Executive Meddling: The censors ordered the nudity and gore cut down. Some other bits of dialogue were trimmed as well, and the footage is considered lost today.
• Fake Nationality: Mark is played by Austrian-German actor Carl Boehm.
• The Foreign Subtitle: Became Peeping Tom: A Sneak Peek in Sweden.
• Hypothetical Casting: Moira Shearer replaced Natasha Parry in the role of Viv. Among other actresses considered were Joan Plowright (rejected for being "too sympathetic") and Julie Andrews (rejected for being "too famous"^* Which is ironic, because she would not become world-famous until Mary Poppins.). Moira herself was nearly rejected for being "too glamorous".
• Production Posse: Moira Shearer had starred in Michael Powell's films The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffman.
• Real-Life Relative: The young Mark in the home movies is played by Michael Powell's son Columba. Mark's birth mother is likewise played by Columba's real mother Frankie Reidy.
• Reality Subtext: Michael Powell's own equipment was used as props for the cameras in Mark's room.
• What Could Have Been: They initially wanted a star to play Mark, and Dirk Bogarde was the first choice. When they couldn't get him, Laurence Harvey was attached for a while but eventually dropped out.
  • There were plans for a remake announced for release in 1981 to be directed by The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne director Walerian Borowczyk.
• Write What You Know: Screenwriter Leo Marks based some of the film on his own experiences growing up above a bookstore. The prostitute who gets killed in the first scene was based on a real woman who was a frequent customer at the store.

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