Grip of the Strangler (The Haunted Strangler) (1958)
Release Date: Jul 3, 1958 Wide
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There's a bit of Oedipus Rex in The Haunted Strangler, though it's not readily apparent at first. Boris Karloff plays 19th-century novelist James Rankin, who becomes obsessed with the long-closed case of the Haymarket Strangler. Twenty years earlier, a man named Styles (Michael Atkinson) was executed for the Strangler's crimes, but was he guilty? It turns out that the actual culprit was the surgeon who performed Styles' autopsy. Coming into possession of the surgeon's scalpel, Rankin is
Jul 3, 1958 Wide
Jun 17, 1998
Criterion Collection
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Cast
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Boris Karloff
James Rankin -
Anthony Dawson
Supt. Burk -
Derek Birch
Superintendent -
Dorothy Gordon
Hannah -
Elizabeth Allan
Barbara Rankin -
Diane Aubrey
Lily -
Tim Turner
Kenneth McColl -
Jean Kent
Cora Seth -
Vera Day
Pearl -
Peggy Ann Clifford
Kate -
Leslie Perrins
Prison Governor -
Michael Atkinson
Styles -
Des Roberts
Dr. Johnson -
Jessica Cairns
Maid -
John Heller
Male Nurse -
Roy Russell
Medical Supt. -
George Hirste
Lost Property Man -
George Spence
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[Boris Karloff is] again near the top of his game as the best thing about this slow but effective Victorian who-actually-done-it.
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