Body Double

Oct 25, 1984

1h 54m

★ 6.8

You can't believe everything you see.

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Delphi II Productions

Columbia Pictures

Body Double Trailers

Cast

Jake Scully

Craig Wasson

Holly Body

Melanie Griffith

Sam Bouchard

Gregg Henry

Gloria Revelle

Deborah Shelton

Det. Jim McLean

Guy Boyd

Rubin

Dennis Franz

Drama Teacher

David Haskell

Kimberly Hess

Rebecca Stanley

Corso

Al Israel

Video Salesman

Douglas Warhit

Douglas

B.J. Jones

Frank

Russ Marin

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