Body Double
You can't believe everything you see.
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills.While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window.But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $9M
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After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
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Box Office & Release
Body Double returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $9M
- Release date
- Oct 25, 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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