The Boston Strangler

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The Boston Strangler is a 1968 crime thriller film dramatizing the real-life case of a notorious serial killer who terrorized Boston in the early 1960s.

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The Boston Strangler (book) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
crime thriller film
film
basedOn The Boston Strangler self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Boston Strangler (book)
basedOnAuthor Gerold Frank
basedOnEvent Boston Strangler murders
cinematographyBy Richard H. Kline
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts media coverage of crime
police investigation
serial murder
director Richard Fleischer
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy Marion Rothman
filmingTechnique split-screen
genre biographical film
crime film
police procedural film
thriller film
hasTitle The Boston Strangler self-link
mainSubject Boston Strangler case
mpaaRating R
musicBy Lionel Newman
narrativeFocus investigation of serial killings in Boston
narrativeForm nonlinear narrative
notableFor Tony Curtis dramatic role against type
split-screen cinematography
originalLanguage English
portrays Albert DeSalvo
Boston Police Department investigation
legal and psychiatric evaluation of suspect
producer Robert Fryer
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
publicationDate 1968-10-16
releaseYear 1968
runtimeMinutes 116
screenwriter Edward Anhalt
setInLocation Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
setInTimePeriod early 1960s
starred George Kennedy
Henry Fonda
Hurd Hatfield
Jeff Corey
Lillian Roth
Mike Kellin
Murray Hamilton
Sally Kellerman
Tony Curtis
William Marshall

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Murray Hamilton notableWork The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler basedOn The Boston Strangler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Boston Strangler (book)
The Boston Strangler hasTitle The Boston Strangler self-link
Richard Fleischer notableWork The Boston Strangler
Hurd Hatfield appearedIn The Boston Strangler
Tony Curtis notableWork The Boston Strangler
Beverly Bentley notableWork The Boston Strangler