George Kennedy, George Voskovec, Henry Fonda
Drama based on the true story of the extensive police manhunt for a serial killer in Boston who had strangled a number of young women in the early 60s.
DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
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September 21, 2008Back when Richard Fleischer was trying to push the envelope with directing.
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October 30, 2009OK, but clearly dated. I'm sure that it groundbreaking in its time, but not any more. Im sure that Curtis loved this as he didnt have to do anything till over half way through the film....too busy slicing and dicing poor defencless grannies.
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September 23, 2009tony curtis thrills us in this well put together movie.. i loved it
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September 1, 2009It's not like any other movie Iv'e seen. The scenes are quite different from the usual but I loved it. I've read a lot about the Boston strangler and it was an interesting and good movie. Tony Curtis is great.
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August 4, 2009whether this movie is acurate and is detailing exactly what the boston strangler did or not i dont know ive personally not looked into that before so i cant really compare it
but going on the movie alone then the acting in it was pretty outstanding and all i have to say is that ...( read more) -
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September 10, 2008Another of my all time favs. This one has the most interesting cinematogrophy, split screens and color washes, really cool. Also love seeing Tony Curtis as a really bad guy.
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