The Brighton Strangler

1945 film by Max Nosseck

Hugh Gray
Arnold Lipp [fr; de]
Max Nosseck

Produced by

Sid Rogell
Herman Schlom

Starring

John Loder
June Duprez
Michael St. Angel

CinematographyJ. Roy HuntEdited byLes MillbrookMusic byLeigh Harline

Production
company

RKO Pictures

Distributed byRKO Pictures

Release date

May 10, 1945 (1945-05-10)

Running time

67 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Brighton Strangler is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel.^[1]

Plot

During the blitz in wartime London, an actor suffers concussion and believes himself to be the character he has most recently been playing - a vicious strangler with a hit list of potential victims.

Cast

John Loder as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
June Duprez as April Manby Carson
Michael St. Angel as Lieutenant Bob Carson
Miles Mander as Chief Inspector W.R. Allison
Rose Hobart as Dorothy Kent
Gilbert Emery as Doctor Manby (final film)
Rex Evans as Leslie Shelton
Matthew Boulton as Inspector Graham
Olaf Hytten as Banks, the valet
Lydia Bilbrook as Mrs Manby
Ian Wolfe as Lord Mayor
Frank Mayo as Policeman (uncredited)

Legacy

This film has been championed since 2013 by the British movie podcast "AttaboyClarence", (named after the final line in It's A Wonderful Life) in which the Strangler's reading of the word "Canterbury..." has become the podcast's catchphrase.