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The Boston Strangler
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.
1968 · Directed by Richard Fleischer · 116 min · Drama · Crime · Thriller · 22 frames
Tagline
Why did 13 women willingly open their doors to the Boston Strangler?
Crew
- Screenplay: Edward Anhalt
- Cinematography: Richard H. Kline
- Edited by: Marion Rothman
- Music: Lionel Newman
- Produced by: Robert Fryer
Cast
- Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo
- Henry Fonda as John S. Bottomly
- George Kennedy as Det. Phil DiNatale
- Mike Kellin as Julian Soshnick
- Hurd Hatfield as Terence Huntley
- Murray Hamilton as Det. Frank McAfee
- Jeff Corey as John Asgeirsson
- Sally Kellerman as Dianne Cluny
- William Marshall as Atty. Gen. Edward W. Brooke
- George Voskovec as Peter Hurkos
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox
- Themes: police brutality, double life, boston, massachusetts, detective, surrealism, strangle, serial killer, strangulation, interrogation, lesbian
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