''The Photographer'' is a 1974 American

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written and directed by

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. The film stars

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, Harold J. Stone,

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and Spencer Milligan. The film was released on December 5, 1974, by Embassy Pictures.

Plot

The film begins with Adrian Wilde (

) living his life as a photographer. Everything seems normal until he stumbles upon a dead body, and takes a picture of it. This sparks a dark deep fetish Wilde has had since he saw his first dead body washed up at the local watering hole he used to play around as a child. This leads Wilde to spiral into a murderous rampage to sustain his lust for the two things he loves most: murdering unsuspecting attractive women and photography. This leads to a cat and mouse chase between the police, Lt. Luther Jacoby ( Harold J. Stone) and Sgt. Sid Collins (

). In the end, Wilde is finally caught as he is about to maim and consume his victim. The two officers are heralded as heroes.

Cast

as Adrian Wilde *

as Mrs. Wilde * Harold J. Stone as Lt. Luther Jacoby *

as Sgt. Sid Collins *

as Joe Hennesey * Spencer Milligan as Clinton Webber *

Susan Damante Susan Damante (born June 17, 1950; formally credited as Susan Damante-Shaw) is an American actress who has starred in various films and television programs. She is the mother of Vinessa Shaw and Natalie Shaw (both actresses). Personal life Dama ...

as Quinn Lovette *

Liv Lindeland Liv Lindeland (born 7 December 1945 in Norway) is a Norwegian model, actress, and talent agent. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for January 1971 and as the Playmate of the Year for 1972. Her original pictorial was p ...

as Mrs. Fowler *Patty Bodeen as Candy Fain *Betty Anne Rees as Karri Stephenson * Jennifer Leak as Elowise Atkins *Ronda Copland as Lisa Tuttle *

Isabel Sanford Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms ''All in the Fami ...

as Mrs. Slade *Rai Bartonious as Murf *Billy Hillman as Young Adrian Wilde

References

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