Tony Curtis

Henry Fonda

George Kennedy

Mike Kellin

Hurd Hatfield

Murray Hamilton

Jeff Corey

Sally Kellerman

William Marshall

George Voskovec

Leora Dana

Carolyn Conwell

Jeanne Cooper

Austin Willis

Lara Lindsay

George Furth

Richard X. Slattery

William Hickey

Eve Collyer

Gwyda Donhowe

Alex Dreier

John Cameron Swayze

Shelley Burton

Elizabeth Baur

James Brolin

George Tyne

Dana Elcar

William Traylor

Carole Shelley

Karen Ericson

David Armstrong

Enid Markey

Dorothy Blackburn

Almira Sessions

Isabella Hoopes

Richard Krisher

Arthur Hanson

Walter Klavun

Tim Herbert

Matt Bennett

Penny Williams

Janis Young

George Fisher

David Lewis

Pamela McMyler

Owen Orr

Nancie Phillips

Alex Rocco

Dennis Cross

Harry Carter

Gerold Frank

Robert Fryer

Richard H. Kline

Richard Fleischer

Lionel Newman

Marion Rothman

Edward Anhalt

Eric Stacey

Walter M. Scott

David Hall

Raphael Bretton

Stuart A. Reiss

James Cresson

Jack Martin Smith

Richard Day

David Dockendorf

Don J. Bassman

Glenn R. Wilder

Charlie Picerni

Walter Scott

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Crime

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The Boston Strangler

20th Century Fox

United States of America

English

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 aftermath of the murders, it shows the desperate panic it creates among the people of Boston, and of course we get to know the detectives following this miserable trail.

At the hour mark we are introduced to Tony Curtis as Albert De Salvo, here he is in his family home, his daughter all radiant around her father, it's a masterstroke from director Richard Fleischer, and it creates maximum impact. The use of multi screens to show various aspects of scenes is deft and manages to make the film seem all too real, which of course is given weight of impact since it is based on actual events.

Smashing film that gnaws away at the skin some time after the silent credits have rolled. 9/10

Nutshell

A frighteningly unique film, made all the more frightening by it being a true story. This is hands down the best performance ever by Tony Curtis (in the title role), why he got snubbed by the academy at awards time is a complete mystery, he was not even nominated...

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