The Boston Strangler

THE BOSTON STRANGLER (18)

D: Richard Fleischer

20th Century Fox (Robert Fryer)

USA 🇺🇸 1968

118 mins

Crime/Biopic

W: Edward Anhalt [based on the novel by Gerald Frank]

DP: Richard H. Kline

Ed: Marion Rothman

Mus: Lionel Newman

Henry Fonda (John S. Bottomly), Tony Curtis (Albert DeSalvo), George Kennedy (Det. Phil DiNatale), Mike Kellin (Julian Shoshnick), Hurd Hatfield (Terence Huntley), Murray Hamilton (Sgt. Frank McAfee), Sally Kellerman (Dianne Cluny)

Semi-factual account of Albert DeSalvo, a serial killer and sex pest who preyed on the women of Boston, Massachusetts during the 1960's.

Tony Curtis gives a very good performance, almost unrecognisable under the guise of makeup.

6/10

Tony Curtis & Henry Fonda in The Boston Strangler