Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.
Directed by Jack Smight
new york city
based on novel or book
detective
serial killer
cat and mouse
disguise
strangler
wig
nypd
phone call
jewish mother
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
Rod Steiger
Christopher Gill
Lee Remick
Kate Palmer
George Segal
Morris Brummel
Eileen Heckart
Mrs. Brummel
Murray Hamilton
Inspector Haines
Michael Dunn
Mr. Kupperman
Martine Bartlett
Alma Mulloy
Barbara Baxley
Belle Poppie
Irene Dailey
Mrs. Fitts
Doris Roberts
Sylvia Poppie
Ruth White
Mrs. Himmel
David Doyle
Lieutenant Dawson
Crew
Jack Smight
Director
John Gay
Screenplay
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
William Goldman
Novel
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
angie
ma mère a ronflé tout le long
ma mère a ronflé tout le long
Linus
6.6★ · 12/16/24
Another one of those obscure films that I watch with my brother because of a Letterboxd interview.
This was surprisingly good. Both the video and the sound quality were horrendous so obviously that made the film a whole lot worse but not bad at all tbh. It has some tropes of Se7en and Zodiac with the signature killings etc. Rod Steiger’s performance was really good and I love the different facades he showed us. It also had pretty good dynamics and symbolism which I found quite interesting.
Another one of those obscure films that I watch with my brother because of a Letterboxd interview.
This was surprisingly good. Both the video and the sound quality were horrendous so obviously that made the film a whole lot worse but not bad at all tbh. It has some tropes of Se7en and Zodiac with the signature killings etc. Rod Steiger’s performance was really good and I love the different facades he showed us. It also had pretty good dynamics and symbolism which I found quite interesting.