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Anthony Dawson, Boris Karloff, Elizabeth Allan

Set in 19th-century London, this film includes the venerable Boris Karloff as novelist James Rankin, a man who develops an obsession with the famous serial killer the Haymarket Strangler. As Rankin pu...( read more  read more... )rsues his research, he comes to believe that the man (Michael Atkinson) executed for the crime may not, in fact, have been the killer. When Rankin holds the scalpel of the true Haymarket Strangler, the killer's spirit possesses him.

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Unrated, 78 minutes

Directed by: Robert Day

Release Date: July 3, 1958

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DVD Release Date: June 17, 1998

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  • xmkatx
    February 14, 2008
    xmkatx
    Boris Karloff is great! Thanks Flixster for finally adding this :)
  • slkpanther1
    February 14, 2008
    slkpanther1
    Not the best Boris Karloff movie I ever saw, but passable.

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