The Strangler
Brief Synopsis
A lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Cast & Crew
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Burt Topper
Director
Victor Buono
Leo Kroll
David Mclean
Lieutenant Benson
Diane Sayer
Barbara
Davey Davison
Tally
Ellen Corby
Mrs. Kroll
Film Details
Genre
Horror/Science-Fiction
Crime
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
Jan
1964
Premiere Information
Boston opening: 8 Apr 1964
Production Company
Allied Artists
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Synopsis
Leo Kroll, an obese hospital laboratory technician, is questioned by police after the strangulation of a nurse, the eighth in a string of similar murders. After his release, he visits his possessive mother, who has survived a recent heart attack largely with the aid of her nurse, Clara. Leo hates Clara for her devotion to his mother and on the following night, after winning a doll at the amusement park stand operated by Tally and Barbara, he strangles Clara in her apartment and smashes the doll against the wall. Questioned by the police again, he voluntarily takes and passes a lie detector test. Warned about his mother's condition, Leo deliberately tells her about Clara's murder, and she suffers a fatal heart attack. At the amusement stand he sees Barbara talking to a detective. When Leo learns she was questioned about dolls, he strangles her. Aware that he is now a prime suspect, Leo desperately proposes to Tally and becomes furious when she rejects him. Later, as he is about to strangle Tally, the police rush into her apartment and Leo plunges through a window to his death.
Director
Burt Topper
Director
Cast
Victor Buono
Leo Kroll
David Mclean
Lieutenant Benson
Diane Sayer
Barbara
Davey Davison
Tally
Ellen Corby
Mrs. Kroll
Michael Ryan
Posner
Baynes Barron
Sergeant Clyde
Russ Bender
Dr. Sanford
Jeanne Bates
Clara
Wally Campo
Eggerton
Mimi Dillard
Thelma
Byron Morrow
Dr. Morton
John Yates
Intern
James Sikking
Artist
Selette Cole
Helen
Robert Cranford
Jack Rosten
Victor Masi
Attendant
Crew
Bill S. Ballinger
Screenwriter
Samuel Bischoff
Producer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
David Diamond
Producer
Robert S. Eisen
Film Editor
Robert Gary
Script Supervisor
Charles Grenzbach
Sound
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound
Eugene Lourie
Art Director
Nellie Manley
Hairstyles
Jacques Marquette
Director of Photography
Edward Morey Jr.
Production Manager
Clark Paylow
Assistant Director
James Payne
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Director
Marlin Skiles
Music
Wally Westmore
Makeup
Film Details
Genre
Horror/Science-Fiction
Crime
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
Jan
1964
Premiere Information
Boston opening: 8 Apr 1964
Production Company
Allied Artists
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
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The Strangler
A lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
The Strangler
A lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
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Released in United States Spring April 1964
Released in United States Spring April 1964
