Grip of the Strangler poster

Grip of the Strangler( 1958)

TV-MAHorrorCrimeMysteryThriller
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KING OF THE MONSTERS! KARLOFF IN HIS NEW HORROR HIT!

Overview

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Boris Karloff

      James Rankin

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      Jean Kent

      Cora Seth

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      Elizabeth Allan

      Barbara Rankin

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      Anthony Dawson

      Supt. Burk

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      Vera Day

      Pearl

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      Tim Turner

      Dr. Kenneth McColl

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      Diane Aubrey

      Lily Rankin

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      Max Brimmell

      Newgate Prison Turnkey

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      Leslie Perrins

      Newgate Prison Governor

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      Jessica Cairns

      Asylum Maid

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      Dorothy Gordon

      Hannah

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      Desmond Roberts

      Dr. Johnson

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      Roy Russell

      Medical Superintendent

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      Derek Birch

      Guyse Hospital Superintendent

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      Peggy Ann Clifford

      Kate

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      John Fabian

      Young Blood

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      Joan Elvin

      Can-Can Girl

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      Audrey Sykes

      Laughing Lady at Hanging (uncredited)

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      Marie Devereux

      Show Girl (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Fri Oct 30 2015
    The Haymarket Strangler Returns! Boris Karloff plays a man who comes to believe that a serial killer from 20 years previously was innocent of the murders for which he was hanged. The case starts to consume him, literally... Based on the story "Stranglehold" written by Jan Read, pic unfolds as a creepy take of the Jekyll and Hyde kind. It's never overtly scary, but the atmospherics are palpable and the period flavours superb. This never resorts to cheap thrills, and unusually for the era of film making it doesn't rely on effects work for the transformation sequences - it is just Karloff ac...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • obsession
    • cemetery
    • murder
    • serial killer
    • series of murders
    • hanging
    • chorus girl
    • knitting