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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Victor Buono | ... | Leo Kroll | |
| David McLean | ... | Lt. Frank Benson | |
| Diane Sayer | ... | Barbara Wells | |
| Davey Davison | ... | Tally Raymond | |
| Baynes Barron | ... | Sgt. Mack Clyde | |
| Ellen Corby | ... | Mrs. Kroll | |
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Michael Ryan | ... | Detective Mel Posner (as Michael M. Ryan) |
| Russ Bender | ... | Dr. Clarence Sanford | |
| Jeanne Bates | ... | Clara Thomas, the Nurse | |
| Wally Campo | ... | Eggerton | |
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Mimi Dillard | ... | Thelma |
| Byron Morrow | ... | Dr. Morton | |
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John Yates | ... | Intern |
| James Sikking | ... | Police Sketch Artist | |
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Robert Cranford | ... | Jack Rosten |
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Leo Kroll, a lab technician in a large unnamed city, is responsible for the strangulation murders of several young nurses. He feels that in some twisted way, that he is getting back at his overbearing shrew of a mother. Leo also kills the nurse who is taking care of his mother in the rest home she is staying at. As a result, Mrs. Kroll dies from a heart attack. He also kills an arcade worker whom he feels can identify him. Written by Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>
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Country:
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1 April 1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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When the police are on the way to the first murder shown in the movie, they are driving in a 1950s boxy sedan. However, when the police arrive, they are in an early-1960s era sedan. See more »Crazy Credits
In the main opening titles, actor Michael Ryan has the middle initial "M" in his billing, but it is not in the full cast list in the end credits. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Oddball, but enjoyable low-budget horror film features Victor Bruno as an overweight, insecure lab technician with an overbearing mother, which somehow drives him to become a serial killer, strangling nurses at the hospital where he works. "The Strangler" capitalized on Bruno's Oscar nominated performance in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and although this clearly a lesser film, it does have a low rent William Castle type of charm. Bruno carries the film, giving a creepy performance as an unassuming killer along the lines of David Berkowitz or John Wayne Gacy, far removed from the usual more flamboyant of serial killers presented on films (i.e. Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho," Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter", etc.). Overall, it's not a classic and is not for all tastes, but if you're in the mood for something along the lines of "Strait-Jacket" or "Homicidal," you'd probably enjoy this low budget chiller.