Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, is reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. He monitors the daily comings and goings of his tenants, mainly for his own interest, until underworld figures ask him to spy on a suspected double-crosser. While watching the man, Gruber overhears a murder plot.
Acting
Keitel's twitchy, desperate Penfield—part peeping tom, part broken genius.
Production
Genuine Toronto hotel location reeks of authentic seediness.
Director
Paul Lynch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prime 'Canuxploitation'—films made in Canada to exploit tax shelter laws, often starring American names like Keitel to secure distribution.
Director Paul Lynch also made Prom Night (1980); this was his attempt at 'respectable' thriller material that nobody saw.
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