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Grip of the Strangler
Grip of the Strangler

Grip of the Strangler

1958 78 min ★ 6.0 Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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

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Cast

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

James Rankin

Jean Kent

Jean Kent

Cora Seth

Elizabeth Allan

Elizabeth Allan

Barbara Rankin

Anthony Dawson

Anthony Dawson

Supt. Burk

Vera Day

Vera Day

Pearl

Tim Turner

Tim Turner

Dr. Kenneth McColl

Diane Aubrey

Lily Rankin

Max Brimmell

Newgate Prison Turnkey

Leslie Perrins

Leslie Perrins

Newgate Prison Governor

Jessica Cairns

Asylum Maid

Details

Director

Robert Day

Tagline

"KING OF THE MONSTERS! KARLOFF IN HIS NEW HORROR HIT!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Amalgamated Productions

Reviews

J

John Chard

October 30, 2015

★ 7/10

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 palpab...

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