FRENZY (BILINGUAL)

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• Release Year: 1972
• Genre: Crime, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence. Written by Col Needham {col@imdb.com}; ; In London, a serial-killer is raping women and then strangling them with a neck tie. When the reckless and low-class with bad temper bartender Richard Blaney is fired from the pub Global Public House by the manager Felix Forsythe, he decides to visit his ex-wife Brenda, who owns a successful marriage agency. Her secretary Miss Barling overhears an argument of the couple, and Brenda invites Richard to have dinner with her in a fancy restaurant. Then she put some money in his overcoat and does not tell him to avoid his embarrassment with the situation. Meanwhile Richard's friend Bob Rusk visits Brenda in her office, rapes her and kills her with his neck tie. When Richard finds the money in his pocket, he visits Brenda but finds the agency closed; then he goes with his girlfriend Babs Milligan to an expensive hotel. Miss Barling sees Richard leaving the building and finds her boss strangled; she calls the New Scotland Yard and Richard becomes the prime suspect. When Bob kills Babs, he frames Richard that is arrested and sentenced to life. But the Chief Inspector Oxford that was in charge of the investigation is not absolutely sure that Richard is the serial-killer. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ; Covent Garden wholesale fruit merchant Bob Rusk is an impotent serial killer who strangles women with a necktie. One of his victims is Brenda Blaney, the ex-wife of his best friend, Richard Blaney, who becomes a prime suspect. Fearing discovery, Rusk kills Blaney's girlfriend, a barmaid, and Blaney is arrested. Escaping from jail, Blaney is followed by the police to Rusk's flat, where he's headed to seek revenge for his wrongful conviction of the crimes. Written by alfiehitchie
• Cast: Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins, Vivien Merchant, Michael Bates, Jean Marsh, Clive Swift, Madge Ryan, Elsie Randolph, Gerald Sim, John Boxer, George Tovey, Jimmy Gardner, Noel Johnson, Joby Blanshard, Gerry Cowper, June Ellis, Harry Fielder, Drewe Henley, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Keegan, Bunny May, James Payne, Michael Sheard, Jack Silk, Paul Tropea, Rita Webb, Richard Wyler, Jeremy Young, Anthony Shaffer, Arthur La Bern, William Hill, Gilbert Taylor, Leonard J. South, Sally Nicholl, Alan Strachan, Ron Goodwin, Rusty Coppleman, Peter Handford, Gordon K. McCallum, John Hayward, Michael Hickey, David Stephenson, Robert W. Laing, Simon Wakefield, Leon Davis
• Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• Runtime: 1:56
• Company: Universal
• Media Format: Movie