---
title: 'Frenzy (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1972-05-19'
runtime_minutes: 116
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/frenzy-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068611/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Frenzy (1972)

1972 · R · 116 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Frenzy is a 1972 British neo-noir thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer is based on the 1966 novel Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern. The film stars Jon Finch, Alec McCowen and Barry Foster and features Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins and Vivien Merchant. The original music score was composed by Ron Goodwin.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Producer:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Anthony Shaffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-shaffer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ron Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-goodwin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-taylor), [Leonard J. South](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-j-south)
- **Editor:** [John Jympson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-jympson)

## Cast

- [Jean Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marsh)
- [Barbara Leigh-Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-leigh-hunt)
- [Alec McCowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-mccowen)
- [Anna Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-massey)
- [Jimmy Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-gardner)
- [Clive Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-swift)
- [Jon Finch](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-finch)
- [Bernard Cribbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-cribbins)
- [Robert Riettii](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riettii)
- [Barry Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-foster)
- [Michael Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-bates)
- [Billie Whitelaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-whitelaw)
- [Vivien Merchant](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivien-merchant)
- [Noel Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-johnson)
- [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)

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