The Strangler (1970)

L'Étrangleur | France

Unhappy women are being murdered by Emile, a psychotic young man suffering from the delusion that his acts are mercy killings. The detective assigned to track down the killer resorts to seriously unorthodox and even unethical methods to get his man.

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Director

Paul Vecchiali

Stars

Jacques Perrin
Émile

Julien Guiomar
Inspector Simon Dangret

Eva Simonet
Anna Carré

Paul Barge
Le Chacal

Jacqueline Danno
Monique

Katia Cavaignac
Florence

Jean-Pierre Miquel
The chief commissioner

Hélène Surgère
Helen, lonely actress

Sonia Saviange
The woman in silk

Nicole Courcel
Claire, the prostitute

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Keywords

murder, serial killer, detective, loneliness, hysteria, depression, suffocation, strangulation, giallo, french giallo

Production

Marianne Productions, Reggane Films, Unité Trois

Actor

Jacques Perrin, Julien Guiomar, Eva Simonet, Paul Barge, Jacqueline Danno, Katia Cavaignac, Jean-Pierre Miquel, Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange, Nicole Courcel, Paule Annen, Andrée Tainsy, Jean-Claude Guiguet, Sandra Julien

Creators

Jacques Perrin (Producer), Paul Vecchiali (Director), Roland Vincent (Original Music Composer), Georges Strouvé (Director of Photography), Françoise Merville (Editor)

Release dates

11.05.1970 (FR)
13.09.1972 (FR)
11.02.2015 (FR)
30.09.2023 (US)
24.09.2023 (US)
15.11.2023 (US)