Rent Grip of the Strangler (1958)
3.3 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 15min
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- Synopsis:
- The Haymarket Strangler - who killed five women in a series of brutal murders - had terrified Victorian London. Although protesting his innocence, Edward Styles was publicly hung for the crimes. Twenty years later, distinguished novelist and social reformer, James Rankin (Boris Karloff) becomes fascinated with the case. Believing Styles to be innocent, Rankin research leads him to the executed man's coffin where he discovers a scapel, the Strangler's murder weapon. As the dancers and prostitutes at The Judas Hole musical hall become a target of a gruesome killer, it appears that the Strangler is at loose again. Could his spirit be guiding a new hand to horrific murder?
- Actors:
- Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Vera Day, Tim Turner, Diane Aubrey, Max Brimmell, Leslie Perrins, Jessica Cairns, Dorothy Gordon, Desmond Roberts, Roy Russell, Derek Birch, Peggy Ann Clifford, John Fabian, Joan Elvin, Audrey Sykes, Michael Atkinson, Harry Brunning
- Directors:
- Robert Day
- Producers:
- John Croydon
- Writers:
- John Croydon, Jan Read
- Aka:
- The Haunted Strangler
- Studio:
- Cinema Club
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Top 10 British Actresses of the 1940s, Top Films
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Reviews (1) of Grip of the Strangler
On the Trail of the Past - Grip of the Strangler review by CH
This is perhaps a lesser-known performance by Boris Karloff - an author set upon research - but well worth seeing as he skilfully builds up the horror as a part of fine ensemble playing which takes in such disparate, differently-lit settings as graveyards and a music hall. To say any more would be unfair. Seek it out.
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