Movie
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-10-08
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Leora Dana as Mary Bottomly
- Carolyn Conwell as Irmgard DeSalvo
Crew
- Richard Fleischer - Director
- Edward Anhalt - Screenplay
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