The Boston Strangler

1968

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 12130 12.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Richard Fleischer Photo
Richard Fleischer

Top cast

Karen Ericson Photo
Karen Ericson as Pat Bruner
John Cameron Swayze Photo
John Cameron Swayze as T.V. Narrator
Elizabeth Baur Photo
Elizabeth Baur as Harriet Fordin
Charlie Picerni Photo
Charlie Picerni as Driver
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.04 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
TV-MA
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
Seeds 1
2.14 GB
1920*816
English 5.1
TV-MA
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 56 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Nutshell 10 / 10

A frighteningly unique film, made all the more

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...
Reviewed by John Chard 9 / 10

Impressive procedural skin crawler. It's a very impressive

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
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