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Director:
Burt Topper
Writer:
Bill S. Ballinger (writer)
Release Date:
1 April 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Victor Buono as the Strangler is HERE! more
Plot:
Leo Kroll, a lab technician in a large unnamed city, is responsible for the strangulation murders of several young nurses... more | add synopsis
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Boy,That Victor Buono can really squeeze a neck. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Victor Buono ... Leo Kroll
David McLean ... Lt. Frank Benson
Diane Sayer ... Barbara Wells
Davey Davison ... Tally Raymond
Baynes Barron ... Sgt. Mack Clyde
Ellen Corby ... Mrs. Kroll
Michael Ryan ... Detective Mel Posner
Russ Bender ... Dr. Clarence Sanford
Jeanne Bates ... Clara Thomas, the Nurse
Wally Campo ... Eggerton
Mimi Dillard ... Thelma
Byron Morrow ... Dr. Morton
John Yates ... Intern
James Sikking ... Artist
Robert Cranford ... Jack Rosten
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Boston Strangler (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated

Fun Stuff

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Continuity: When the police are on the way to the first murder shown in the movie, they are driving in a 1950s boxy sedan. However, when the police arrive, they are in an early-1960s era sedan. more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Boy,That Victor Buono can really squeeze a neck., 3 September 2001
Author: phlflip from new jersey

The Strangler is an excellent film of its genre.Victor Buono gives an excellent performance as the disturbed lab technician who hates women because of his over possesive,critical and domineering mother.Jeannie Bates who played his mothers nurse would have been better off letting the miserable old bat die than trying to keep her alive.IF ONLY SHE KNEW.Buonos acting was superb,he could act calm and mild mannered at one point and seem like a total nutburger at another.You have to say one thing about Buono,he really put his whole heart and soul into his little hobby of killing.This man would have done "The Boston Strangler" proud. This movie makes "Frenzy" look like "Little Women" The word strangle deserves a definite place in history thanks to buono who gives new meaning to the word.

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