The Boston Strangler (1968)

Director Richard Fleischer forgoes his usual flexible but unobtrusive style in THE BOSTON STRANGLER. Shooting in Cinemascope, he makes flamboyant use of the wide screen--splitting it to show multiple images and multiple action as the police pursue leads and hunt for suspects. As a suspect recounts events in a long interrogation sequence, Fleischer imaginatively shows the suspect and his interrogator in flashbacks. With a fine and uncharacteristic performance by Curtis and vivid appearances by Hurd Hatfield and William Hickey, THE BOSTON STRANGLER is a fine addition to Fleischer’s series of movies based on real-life murders, following

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Tony Curtis Some Like It Hot, Sweet Smell of Success, The Great Race Henry Fonda 12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Longest Day George Kennedy The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Cool Hand Luke, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear Sally Kellerman MASH, Back to School, A Little Romance Mike Kellin Midnight Express, Sleepaway Camp, The Jazz Singer Hurd Hatfield El Cid, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Her Alibi Murray Hamilton Jaws, The Graduate, The Hustler [more]

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