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08/10/1968 Drama, Crime, Thriller 1h 56m
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Why did 13 women willingly open their doors to the Boston Strangler?

Overview

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.

  1. Richard Fleischer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Tony Curtis

    Albert DeSalvo

  2. Henry Fonda

    John S. Bottomly

  3. George Kennedy

    Det. Phil DiNatale

  4. Mike Kellin

    Julian Soshnick

  5. Hurd Hatfield

    Terence Huntley

  6. Murray Hamilton

    Det. Frank McAfee

  7. Jeff Corey

    John Asgeirsson

  8. Sally Kellerman

    Dianne Cluny

  9. William Marshall

    Atty. Gen. Edward W. Brooke

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2016-03-01
Impressive procedural skin crawler.

It's a very impressive film from start to finish, the cast are excellent, George Kennedy & Henry Fonda portray the men pursuing the culprit with much believability, with enough moments of frustration and revulsion brought to life with style.

Of course this is Tony Curtis's show all the way, though, he is all bulked up and nothing like the handsome icon that people had grown accustomed to. He is convincingly menacing and handles the dual personality confusion scenes adroitly. One of the films' chief plus points is that the first hour only shows us the a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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