Peter Sellers plays against type as a creep? Buckle up, it's deeply uncomfortable.
A businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.
Acting
Sellers sheds comedy for genuinely unsettling menace.
Direction
Tight spaces amplify claustrophobic dread throughout.
Director
Alvin Rakoff
Peter Sellers
Mr. Hoffman
Sinéad Cusack
Miss Smith
Jeremy Bulloch
Tom Mitchell
Ruth Dunning
Mrs. Mitchell
David Lodge
Foreman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hoffman (1970) Original Trailer [FHD]