The Brighton Strangler (1945)
- Starring:
- John Loder, June Duprez, (more)
- Director(s):
- Max Nosseck
Synopsis of The Brighton Strangler
John Loder plays a prominent London actor, lately starring in a play about a maniacal strangler. When the theatre is bombed by the Nazis, Loder suffers a head injury. Thereafter, he cannot separate fact from fiction, and periodically becomes the strangler that he is playing on stage. Loder's lady love June Duprez puts her own life on the line in attempting to save Loder from himself. The Brighton Strangler benefits from its brisk 67-minute running time, which allows the story to unfold without undue padding or muddled psychological overtones. Interestingly, John Loder's character is triggered into becoming a murderer whenever someone inadvertently recites one of the lines from his play--a dramatic device later utilized to fuller effect in Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Brighton Strangler
- John Loder - Reginald
- Miles Mander - Allison
- Gilbert Emery - Dr. Manby
- Matthew Boulton - Inspector Graham
- Lydia Bilbrook - Mrs. Manby
- Michael St. Angel - Bob
- June Duprez - April
- Rose Hobart - Dorothy
- Rex Evans - Shelton
- Olaf Hytten - Banke
- Ian Wolfe - Mayor
- Director(s):
- Max Nosseck
- Writer(s):
- Max Nosseck, Arnold Phillips
- Producer(s):
- Herman Schlom
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