The Collector
1965
A disturbed young man with an obsessive interest in butterflies abducts a beautiful young art student and imprisons her in the cellar of his isolated country house, believing he can make her love him. William Wyler's chilling adaptation of John Fowles' novel stars Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar in an intensely unsettling two-hander.
Director
- William Wyler
Cast
- Terence Stamp
- Samantha Eggar
- Mona Washbourne
- Maurice Dallimore
Filming Locations
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Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square was used for the sequence in which Freddie Clegg (Terence Stamp) drives through central London after abducting Miranda (Samantha Eggar), passing through the West End en route to his secluded country hideaway.