The Brighton Strangler

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The Brighton Strangler
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Directed by Max Nosseck
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Edited by Les Millbrook
Music by Leigh Harline
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • May 10, 1945 (1945-05-10)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Brighton Strangler is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel. [1]

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Plot

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.

Cast

Legacy

This film has been championed since 2013 by the British movie podcast "AttaboyClarence", (named after the final line in It's A Wonderful Life) in which the Strangler's reading of the word "Canterbury..." has become the podcast's catchphrase.

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References

  1. BFI.org