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Frenzy (1972) -- A serial killer is murdering London women with a necktie. The police have a suspect... but he's the wrong man.
Frenzy (1972) -- A serial killer is murdering London women with a necktie. The police have a suspect... but he's the wrong man.

Overview

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Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers:
Arthur La Bern (novel)
Anthony Shaffer (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 June 1972 (USA) more
Tagline:
Just an ordinary necktie used with a deadly new twist. [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
A serial killer is murdering London women with a necktie. The police have a suspect... but he's the wrong man. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
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(2 articles)
15 Bloody Box Sets
 (From Fangoria. 19 January 2009, 8:00 AM, PST)

Directors Pick Hitchcock's Greatest Film
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 August 1999)

User Comments:
A truly engaging nail-biter! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jon Finch ... Richard Ian 'Dick' Blaney
Barry Foster ... Robert 'Bob' Rusk
Barbara Leigh-Hunt ... Brenda Margaret Blaney
Anna Massey ... Barbara Jane 'Babs' Milligan
Alec McCowen ... Chief Inspector Oxford
Vivien Merchant ... Mrs. Oxford
Billie Whitelaw ... Hetty Porter
Clive Swift ... Johnny Porter
Bernard Cribbins ... Felix Forsythe
Michael Bates ... Sergeant Spearman

Jean Marsh ... Monica Barling
John Boxer ... Sir George
Madge Ryan ... Mrs. Davison
George Tovey ... Neville Salt
Elsie Randolph ... Gladys
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Additional Details

Runtime:
116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 (2001) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1972) | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 | Brazil:12 | USA:R (certificate no. 23143) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Italy:VM14 | Norway:16 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | West Germany:16 | UK:18 (video rating)

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Trivia:
The role of Robert Rusk was originally offered to Michael Caine. After Caine declined the role he later mentioned in his memoirs how Hitchcock completely ignored him when they met in a hotel a few years later. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The level of the soup in Inspector Oxford's bowl changes inconsistently throughout the scene. more
Quotes:
Bob Rusk: If you can fix up a lot of idiots, why not me? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "TCM Underground: Wicked, Wicked/Frenzy (#1.42)" (2008) more

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14 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
A truly engaging nail-biter!, 7 January 2003
8/10
Author: mattymatt4ever from Jersey City, NJ

Hitchcock did one hell of a job! I was planning on watching this movie just for about 30 minutes before going to sleep and was gonna finish watching it the next day, but instead I was so engaged that I couldn't stop watching and stayed awake the whole 2 hours. I loved the irony of the actual rapist having no clues pointing to him and the innocent man having all clues pointing to him. The scene involving the rapist in the back of the truck, rummaging through a sack of potatoes (and that's all I'll reveal) is classic suspense. I also loved how Hitchcock left the rape scenes (excluding the first one) up to the imagination. There is a great shot where one of the victims is being raped and we don't even hear any off-screen yells or screams. The camera simply tracks backwards down a staircase and out the front door, where people walk by minding their own business, ignorant to the evil that's being committed a floor above. Any amateurish director would've went for true shock value and showed all the rape scenes in explicit detail. We don't call Hitchcock the master of suspense for nothing. The scene is still quite haunting. In horror and suspense, what you don't see can be a lot more frightening than what you do see, since the imagination is a powerful thing. The last line of the movie should go down in history. It had me bawling with laughter! Just that one line gave perfect closure to this wonderful film.

My score: 8 (out of 10)

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