The Collector
1965 · 119 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 12,412 VOTES · DIR. William Wyler
Overview
Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money and buys himself a country house. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girlfriend - in the same manner as he collects butterflies. He prepares the cellar of the house to be a collecting jar and stalks his victim over several days.
Dialogue Timeline — 719 lines
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00:04:14 I suppose it was the loneliness...
00:22:05 don't oblige me to use force again.
00:25:11 The only other thing is sex.
00:28:04 I don't care.
00:30:30 I'll make up some story. Nobody will know about this except us.
00:35:35 and don't try to escape like that.
00:38:29 I want a bath.
00:41:42 Oh, yes! Yes, please!
00:46:29 Do you understand?
00:52:24 I'm Colonel Whitcomb, your neighbor.
00:54:52 Yes, I will.
01:00:20 I correspond with a monk who sends me larvae, and...
01:02:50 I never had your advantages.
01:05:52 I bought these in Woolworths. Nobody will ever be able to trace them.
01:09:45 I'm a nobody still, aren't I?
01:12:34 I know.
01:14:31 I don't like the way he talks.
01:16:52 Not just to me. To anybody else.
01:20:32 That's all over.
01:23:34 You and me up here, talking, having a nice time.
01:26:07 You can't go back on your word.
01:35:02 I'd like us to try and be friends again.
01:43:44 Oh, don't die. Oh, please don't die!
01:50:00 white luminous sky...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed719
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:04:14
Final line01:50:00
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Wyler
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes12,412