Grip of the Strangler
1958
KING OF THE MONSTERS! KARLOFF IN HIS NEW HORROR HIT!
Directed by Robert Day
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A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
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- Director
- Robert Day
- Written by
- Jan Read, John Croydon
- Produced by
- John Croydon, Richard Gordon
- Composer
- Buxton Orr
- Cinematographer
- Lionel Banes
- Editor
- Peter Mayhew
- Studio
- Amalgamated Productions
- Origin country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- The Haunted Strangler
- TMDB
- 6.0/10 (41 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.2/10 (2,151 votes)
Cast
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
John Fabian
Young Blood
Joan Elvin
Can-Can Girl
Audrey Sykes
Laughing Lady at Hanging (uncredited)
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