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Grip of the Strangler (1958)
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Their wild beauty marked them for death by . . . The Haunted Strangler more
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A writer investigating the execution of a serial killer known as "The Haymarket Strangler" 20 years...
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Hardly A Gripping Thriller
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Boris Karloff | ... | James Rankin | |
| Jean Kent | ... | Cora Seth | |
| Elizabeth Allan | ... | Barbara Rankin | |
| Anthony Dawson | ... | Supt. Burk | |
| Vera Day | ... | Pearl | |
| Tim Turner | ... | Dr. Kenneth McColl | |
| Diane Aubrey | ... | Lily Rankin | |
| Max Brimmell | ... | Newgate Prison Turnkey | |
| Leslie Perrins | ... | Newgate Prison Governor | |
| Jessica Cairns | ... | Asylum Maid | |
| Dorothy Gordon | ... | Hannah | |
| Desmond Roberts | ... | Dr. Johnson | |
| Roy Russell | ... | Medical Superintendent | |
| Derek Birch | ... | Guyse Hospital Superintendent | |
| Peggy Ann Clifford | ... | Kate |
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Last feature of Leslie Perrins.
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Featured in "Son of Svengoolie: The Haunted Strangler (1958) (#1.41)" (1980)
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When you see a film title like GRIP OF THE STRANGLER that stars Boris Karloff you're not expecting a romantic musical . Bizarrely there's long segments in this film where the film does indeed resemble a romantic musical . We're introduced to Karloff's character James Rankin whose daughter has fallen in love with a young gentleman and he wants to marry her . Cut to the inside of a theater where can can girls kicking their legs out over their heads . If someone wanted to make a film that would appeal to dirty old men then fine but GRIP OF THE STRANGLER isn't a title that's easy to market to depraved reprobates . Goodness me I thought we'd be watching a film involving people getting strangled every ten minutes and within ten minutes you'll be wanting to strangle the producer
Some people have commentated that this is a film that doesn't know what it's trying to be and while this is patently obvious there's a feeling at the back of my mind that it's trying to copy the style of a couple of films directed by Mark Robson that also starred Karloff namely ISLE OF THE DEAD and BEDLAM . Unfortunately the production team have neither the style or skill to pull it off and instead we have a very unfocused B movie at the very best