The Boston Women Killer

Movie
German title	The Boston Women Killer
Original title	The Boston Strangler
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1968
length	116 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Richard Fleischer
script	Edward Anhalt
production	Robert Fryer
music	Lionel Newman
camera	Richard H. Kline
cut	Marion Rothman
occupation
Tony Curtis : Albert DeSalvo Henry Fonda : John S. Bottomly George Kennedy : Detective Phil DiNatale Mike Kellin : Julian Soshnick Hurd Hatfield : Terence Huntley Murray Hamilton : Sgt. Frank McAfee Jeff Corey : John Asgeirsson Sally Kellerman : Dianne Cluny William Marshall : Edward W. Brooke George Voskovec : Peter Hurkos Leora Dana : Mary Bottomly Carolyn Conwell : Irmgard De Salvo Jeanne Cooper : Cloe Austin Willis : Dr. Nagy Lara Lindsay : Bobbie Eden Tom Aldredge : Harold Lacey David Lewis : Judge Schroeder

The Boston Strangler (original title: The Boston Strangler ) is an American crime film by Richard Fleischer from the year 1968 . The plot is based on a book by Gerold Frank .

action

The film shows the investigation, led by John S. Bottomly, to solve a series of murders that took place in Boston in the 1960s . First old women are murdered, then younger women are attacked. Pressure is put on Bottomly to make the investigation a success.

The perpetrator, Albert Henry DeSalvo , is only shown after a while . He ambushes Dianne Cluny, who survives but cannot remember any details. Finally, during one of the interrogations, she recalls that she bit the attacker's hand.

DeSalvo is accidentally arrested while trying to break into an apartment. Despite testimony, he claims that he is innocent, after which he is subjected to a psychiatric examination. Bottomly meets him by chance at the clinic and realizes that one of his hands is injured. Bottomly has the times and locations of the murders compared to DeSalvo's rosters - which suggests that the man could have committed all of the crimes. DeSalvo is interrogated by Bottomly until he reenacts the story of one of the murders.

Reviews

Renata Adler wrote in the New York Times on October 17, 1968 that the film presented a " bottomless demise " of taste, judgment, propriety, journalism and cinematography.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of 22 October 1968 one must not only assess the cinematic quality of the film - he was " very good " ( " very good ") - but also its ethical implications. There are numerous films about murderers, but very few films about murderers that really existed. It is problematic that the representation of the authentic events becomes entertainment. The film was well made, but it shouldn't have been made in the first place (“ This film, which was made so well, should not have been made at all ”).

The lexicon of international films described the film as a “ semi-documentary fictional film ”, which combines its “ educational ambitions ” “ not always happily with conventional thriller elements”. The portrayal of Tony Curtis is " worth seeing ".

Awards

Tony Curtis was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama in 1969 . Edward Anhalt was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1969. Marion Rothman was nominated for the American Cinema Editors Award ( Eddie ) in 1969.

background

The film was in Boston and in Cambridge ( Massachusetts turned).

Web links

• The Boston Strangler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Boston Strangler with Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Critique by Renata Adler, accessed on August 10, 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Review by Roger Ebert, accessed on August 10, 2007
3. Jump up ↑ The Boston Women Killer in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed August 10, 2007
4. ^ Filming locations for The Boston Strangler, accessed August 10, 2007