Frenzy
Frenzy is a 1972 British crime thriller movie set in London. It is directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Jon Finch and Barry Foster. It tells the story of an innocent man, played by Finch who is wrongly believed to be a serial killer by the police and his efforts to avoid capture and bring the real killer to justice. This was the second to last movie that Hitchcock made before he died in 1980 and the first time in many years he had made a movie in the United Kingdom.
| Frenzy | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Written by | Anthony Shaffer |
| Based on | Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern |
| Starring | Jon Finch Alec McCowen Barry Foster |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor Leonard J. South |
| Edited by | John Jympson |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
| Box office | $12.6 million[2] |
Frenzy Media
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References
- ↑ Nat Segaloff, Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 131
- ↑ "Frenzy, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
Further reading
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- Spoto, Donald (1999). The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80932-3.
