Peeper
Back in '47, a gun was a roscoe, a private-eye was a Peeper, and murder was okay as long as nobody got hurt. In fact, anything was okay with this Peeper on the case because he wouldn't know who-done-it even if he done it himself.
1975 · 1h 27m · PG
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Peter Hyams
Overview
A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.
Director and cast
- Peter Hyams Director
- Michael Caine as Leslie C. Tucker
- Natalie Wood as Ellen Prendergast
- Kitty Winn as Mianne Prendergast
- Michael Constantine as Anglich
- Thayer David as Frank Prendergast
- Timothy Carey as Sid
- Liam Dunn as Billy Pate
- Don Calfa as Rosie
- Margo Winkler as Woman with Luggage
- Harvey J. Goldenberg as Mailman
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