---
title: 'The Boston Strangler (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Fleischer'
released: '1968-10-16'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boston-strangler-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062755/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Boston Strangler (1968)

1968 · 116 min · Drama, History, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Boston Strangler is a 1968 American biographical crime thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the 1966 non-fiction book The Boston Strangler by Gerold Frank. It stars Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, the man who eventually confessed to being the Strangler, Henry Fonda and George Kennedy as lead investigators John S. Bottomly and Phil DiNatale, and Sally Kellerman as the composite character Dianne Cluny, one of the strangler's surviving victims. The cast also features Mike Kellin, Murray Hamilton, Hurd Hatfield, Jeff Corey, William Marshall, George Voskovec and William Hickey.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Fleischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-fleischer)
- **Screenplay:** [Edward Anhalt](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-anhalt), [Gerold Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerold-frank)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lionel Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-newman)
- **Producer:** [Robert Fryer](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-fryer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Richard H. Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-h-kline)
- **Editor:** [Marion Rothman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-rothman)

## Cast

- [Almira Sessions](https://cinepixo.com/people/almira-sessions)
- [Sally Kellerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-kellerman)
- [Murray Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-hamilton)
- [Henry Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-fonda)
- [George Furth](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-furth)
- [Jeanne Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-cooper)
- [Jeff Corey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-corey)
- [Dana Elcar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-elcar)
- [Alex Rocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-rocco)
- [George Voskovec](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-voskovec)
- [Leora Dana](https://cinepixo.com/people/leora-dana)
- [Mike Kellin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-kellin)
- [Tony Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curtis)
- [Enid Markey](https://cinepixo.com/people/enid-markey)
- [James Brolin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-brolin)

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