The Penthouse (1967 film)

The Penthouse is a 1967 British black comedy drama thriller film directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Terence Morgan and Suzy Kendall[2] and was based on a 1964 play The Meter Man by Scott Forbes.

The Penthouse
Film Poster
Directed byPeter Collinson
Written byPeter Collinson
Based onThe Meter Man
1964 play
by C. Scott Forbes
Produced byHarry Fine
StarringTerence Morgan
Suzy Kendall
Tony Beckley
Norman Rodway
Martine Beswick
CinematographyArthur Lavis
Edited byJohn Trumper
Music byJohnny Hawksworth
Production
companies
Compton Films
Tahiti Films
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
  • 29 September 1967 (1967-09-29)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,350,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

Plot

Bruce Victor (Terence Morgan), a real estate agent, is a married man having an affair with Barbara (Suzy Kendall). They are staying in a penthouse apartment that they've rented.

One morning, two men, Tom and Dick (Tony Beckley and Norman Rodway, respectively), who claim to be meter men and that Harry is downstairs, arrive but Barbara then realizes that they are thieves when they tie Bruce up to a chair. When she screams for help, they violate her with drugs and alcohol. Barbara then performs a striptease for them and Dick later has sex with her.

After Tom and Dick finally leave, Harry (Martine Beswick), a woman, who claims to be Tom and Dick's parole officer, arrives and brings them back up to make them apologize for what they did. However, the three then tie Bruce and Barbara up to a chair and threaten them not to tell anyone. The two manage to untie themselves.

The film ends with Barbara and Bruce leaving the building, parting ways and walking off into the night.

Cast

Production

The film was the directorial debut of Peter Collinson who would work again with the film's star Suzy Kendall in Up the Junction (1968). He would also work again with Tony Beckley in The Long Day's Dying (1968) and The Italian Job (1969).

Filming

The film was shot at Twickenham Studios with sets designed by the art director Peter Mullins. The exterior shots of the high-rise apartment building were shot at the Wembley Point tower (now WEM Tower London) in Stonebridge Park, London.

Music

The song heard during the end credits "The World Is Full of Lonely Men", is sung by Lisa Shane with music and lyrics by Johnny Hawksworth and Hal Shaper, respectively.

References
  1. "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
  2. The Penthouse (1967) at AllMovie


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