An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Michael Ryan
- Detective Mel Posner
- (as Michael M. Ryan)
Fred Aldrich
- Apartment House Manager
- (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to director Burt Topper, Victor Buono puffed smoke into his eyes to create tears for a particular scene.
- GoofsWhen the police are on the way to the first murder, they are driving in a 1950s boxy sedan. However, when the police arrive, they are in an early-1960s sedan.
- Crazy creditsDavey Davison's "Introducing" billing is correct as far as feature films go, but she had appeared on several TV series prior to this.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Late Movie 18: The Strangler (1979)
Featured review
Excellent portrayal by Buono
I just saw this on TCM this morning. I agree that the other actors were quite wooden and some of the things the police overlooked (or the scriptwriter conveniently left out) were ridiculous, but Victor Buono was perfect as the killer and that is the reason to watch this film. They got much right about serial killers and their MO and "type" and Buono's ability to move from tenderness to arrogance and hatred creepiness and craziness - all with his face - was quite a thing to see. Just watch it for his portrayal. Ellen Corby as the harridan of a mother is quite fine too. The women who worked at the arcade were a bit dense, though I was glad to see the mother's nurse and the woman who worked with Buono in the lab were not. The movie is of its time, but Victor Buono is so good in this, it shouldn't be discounted.
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- corinne54
- May 10, 2013
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Boston Strangler
- Filming locations
- West 3rd Street and South Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(police car turns the corner at night by the Town and Country shopping center)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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