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...
00:22:07 I demand to be released at once!
00:25:18 I shall have all the proper respect.
00:28:12 You could go to prison for years.
00:31:09 Help! Help, help, help!
00:35:53 Wait, wait.
00:39:05 Really.
00:42:43 Marvelous!
00:48:35 He seemed old.
00:53:03 You know where we are... just half a mile down the road.
00:55:48 It doesn't matter.
01:01:21 How many butterflies have you killed?
01:03:36 Is that what you love?
01:07:46 Oh, yes.
01:10:34 You can talk to anyone. You understand things.
01:13:41 You've read that book three times. You told me you loved it.
01:15:53 Well, of course they don't.
01:18:04 We can! Oh, my God!
01:22:41 I don't see him all that... often.
01:25:40 We'll stay here.
01:33:58 Is there anything to drink?
01:40:44 I used to respect you, but you're no better than the common street woman.
01:49:35 So much to do...
01:56:50 Someone I could teach.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed719
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:04:14
Final line01:56:50
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Wyler
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes12,412