
Overview:
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.Status: | Released (1968-03-20) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total |
Screen: | John Gay, William Goldman |
Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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Casts
- 522: Rod Steiger - Christopher Gill
- 855: Lee Remick - Kate Palmer
- 18364: George Segal - Morris Brummel
- 40618: Eileen Heckart - Mrs. Brummel
- 8608: Murray Hamilton - Inspector Haines
- 16085: Michael Dunn - Mr. Kupperman
- 195061: Martine Bartlett - Alma Mulloy
Crews
- 30422: Jack Smight - Director - Directing
- 19573: John Gay - Screenplay - Writing
- 348: William Goldman - Novel - Writing
- 3103: Charles Grenzbach - Sound Recordist - Sound
- 3315980: William Nallan - Sound Recordist - Sound
- 11438: Sol C. Siegel - Producer - Production
- 40150: Stanley Myers - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Rod Steiger's performance as a twisted serial strangler is the best thing about this tongue-in-cheek cat and mouse thriller from director Jack Smight. The laughs center mostly around detective Morris Brummel (George Segal) and his domineering mother (Eileen Heckart). Lee Remick is th ....
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