| The Brighton Strangler | |
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| Directed by | Max Nosseck |
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| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | Les Millbrook |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
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| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release date | May 10, 1945 |
Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Brighton Strangler is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel. [1]
During the blitz in wartime London, an actor suffers concussion and believes himself to be the character he has most recently been playing - a vicious strangler with a hit list of potential victims.
Baron Wakehurst, of Ardingly in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1934 for the Conservative politician Gerald Loder, fifth son of Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet. He had previously represented Brighton in the House of Commons and was the creator of Wakehurst Place Gardens in Ardingly, West Sussex. His only son, the second Baron, was also a Conservative politician and served as Governor of New South Wales and later as Governor of Northern Ireland. The third baron, who was known by his middle name Christopher, was a barrister and businessman: he died in July 2022. As of 2022 the title is held by the latter's son Timothy, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.
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