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.
Cast
Crew
William Wyler
Director
Stanley Mann
Screenplay
John Kohn
Screenplay, Producer
John Fowles
Novel
David Hawkins
Editor
Robert Swink
Editor, Second Unit Director
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Sergei Petschnikoff
Assistant Director
Roy Baird
Assistant Director
Jud Kinberg
Producer
Norman Warwick
Camera Operator
John Harris
Camera Operator
Andrew J. McIntyre
Camera Operator
Jack Martell
Wardrobe Master
Brenda Dabbs
Wardrobe Master
Vi Alford
Wardrobe Master
Ruby Felker
Hairstylist
Virginia Jones
Hairstylist
Pearl Tipaldi
Hairstylist
Harold Fletcher
Makeup Artist
Don Schoenfeld
Makeup Artist
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
Jack Solomon
Sound Designer
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles J. Rice
Sound Supervisor
Cyril Collick
Sound Recordist
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Richard C. Harris
Music Editor
Kathleen Freeman
Dialogue Coach
Frank Tuttle
Set Decoration
Isabel Blodgett
Script Supervisor
Tom Plews
Property Master
Terry Southern
Additional Writing
Philip Shipway
Production Manager
Richard Kuhn
Title Designer
John Stoll
Art Direction
