Directed by:
Brian De PalmaCinematography:
Stephen H. BurumComposer:
Pino DonaggioCast:
Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton, Dennis Franz, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley, Barbara Crampton, Monte Landis, Rob Paulsen (more)Plots(1)
The story begins with struggling, out-of-work actor Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) recuperating after an attack of claustrophobia and spending his time spying on the dancing stripper who lives opposite the house he's staying in after splitting up with his girlfriend. His obsession grows when he witnesses the stripper, named Gloria Revelle (Deborah Shelton), being brutally murdered by an intruder with a power tool. Jake tries to assist the police in hunting down the murderer but soon finds himself a subject in the eyes of Detective Jim McLean (Guy Boyd) and becomes involved in a complex plot where nothing is as it first appears. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
Craig Wasson
USA
Best movies:
Georgia (1981)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Melanie Griffith
USA
Best movies:
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) (concert)
RKO 281 (1999) (TV movie)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Gregg Henry
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
United 93 (2006)
Deborah Shelton
USA
Best movies:
Body Double (1984)
Hunk (1987)
Zärtliche Chaoten II (1988)
Dennis Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Player (1992)
Guy Boyd
USA
Best movies:
Jagged Edge (1985)
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986) (TV movie)
Flashpoint (1984)
Rebecca Stanley
Best movies:
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
Body Double (1984)
Only When I Laugh (1981)
Barbara Crampton
USA
Best movies:
Re-Animator (1985)
The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)
Body Double (1984)
Monte Landis
UK
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Targets (1968)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Rob Paulsen
USA
Best movies:
Darcy DeMoss
USA
Best movies:
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV movie)
Body Double (1984)
Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
Brinke Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Slavitza Jovan
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Ghostbusters (1984)
Body Double (1984)
Tapeheads (1988)
Lane Davies
USA
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV movie)
Body Double (1984)
Al Israel
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Dangerous Minds (1995)
Annette Haven
USA
Best movies:
The Grafenberg Spot (1985)
Body Double (1984)
Barbara Broadcast (1977)
Casey Sander
USA
Best movies:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Vice (2018)
Body Double (1984)
Janette Caldwell
Best movies:
Forget Paris (1995)
Body Double (1984)
Heart and Souls (1993)
Larry Flash Jenkins
USA
Best movies:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Body Double (1984)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Barbara Peckinpaugh
Best movies:
Body Double (1984)
Necromancy (1972)
Roller Blade (1986)