The Collector

Lonesome Freddie (Terence Stamp) in his panel van stalks then abducts Miranda (Samantha Eggar), emerging through Trafalgar Square toward his Sussex hide-out, in William Wyler's film from John Fowles' novel, The Collector, 1965.

Maybe not outrageous by 1965 standards but certainly for director William Wyler, abductor Freddie (Terence Stamp) has to renege on his offer of a bath for victim Miranda (Samantha Eggar) in The Collector, from John Fowles' novel.

Still hoping for a warm relationship with the girl he's kidnapped, Freddie (Terence Stamp) shows Miranda (Samantha Eggar) his butterflies, in William Wyler's The Collector, 1965, from John Fowles' novel.