--- title: 'The Strangler (1964)' type: 'film' director: 'Burt Topper' released: '1964-04-01' runtime_minutes: 89 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-strangler-1964' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058622/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Strangler (1964) 1964 · 89 min · Horror, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis The Strangler is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Burt Topper and starring Victor Buono, David McLean, Davey Davison, and Ellen Corby, with a screenplay by Bill S. Ballinger. It follows a disturbed lab technician who embarks on a serial killing spree of young female victims. The film was inspired by the Boston Strangler, a serial killer who murdered several women in the 1960s, and went into production while police were still attempting to solve the crimes. ## Credits - **Director:** [Burt Topper](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-topper) - **Screenplay:** [Bill S. Ballinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-s-ballinger) - **Original Music Composer:** [Marlin Skiles](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlin-skiles) - **Producer:** [Samuel Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-bischoff), [David Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-diamond-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Jacques R. Marquette](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-r-marquette) ## Cast - [Diane Sayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-sayer) as Barbara Wells - [Russ Bender](https://cinepixo.com/people/russ-bender) as Dr. Clarence Sanford - [Ellen Corby](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-corby) - [Michael M. Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-m-ryan) as Detective Mel Posner - [Victor Buono](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-buono) - [David McLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mclean) - [Jeanne Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-bates) as Clara Thomas - [Davey Davison](https://cinepixo.com/people/davey-davison) as Tally Raymond ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-strangler-1964 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7766962); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.