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Peeper is a 1975 American mystery comedy film directed by Peter Hyams and 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.
Dec 3, 1975 · Peeper: Directed by Peter Hyams. With Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn, Michael Constantine. In 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter of a shady client pursued by two dangerous goons.
A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.
Purchase Peeper on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Leslie Tucker is a private investigator who is hired to look for a wealthy man's long-lost daughter. His search eventually leads him to Ellen and Mianne, two members of the decidedly unusual Prendergast Family.
Play Trailer. 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. Overview.
Brief Synopsis. A rich man hires a private detective named Tucker to find his long lost daugther. Tucker's search leads him to two sisters, one of whom he believes is the girl, but he cannot tell which of the two is the right one.
Peeper is a 1975 comedy-mystery film directed by Peter Hyams that starred Michael Caine as Leslie C. Tucker, a bungling private investigator. It was a send-up of the 1940s film noir. Peeper was a box-office failure that jeopardized Hyams's career and almost prevented him from obtaining funding to produce Capricorn One.
