Alfred Hitchcock's first British film since 'Stage Fright' (1950) stars Barry Foster as market trader Robert Rusk, a psychopathic killer who strangles women with ties. Suspicion falls, however, on the innocent Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), after Rusk kills Blaney's ex-wife Brenda (Barbara Leigh-Hunt) and his current girlfriend (Anna Massey). Set-pieces include Rusk's desperate attempt to prise an incriminating tie-pin out of one of his victim's hands (now rigid with rigor mortis) and a leisurely tracking shot up a flight of stairs to alight upon a grisly murder in progress.
- Cast
- Jon Finch, Alec McGowen, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Vivien Merchant, Anna Massey, Billie Whitelaw, Jean Marsh, Bernard Cribbins, Michael Bates
- Genres
- Thriller
- Language
- English
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