Frenzy
1972 film by Alfred Hitchcock
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 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Written by | Anthony Shaffer |
| Based on | Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern |
| Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Starring | Jon Finch Alec McCowen Barry Foster |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor Leonard J. South |
| Edited by | John Jympson |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
| Box office | $12.6 million[2] |
References
change- ↑ Nat Segaloff, Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 131
- ↑ "Frenzy, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
Further reading
change- Evans, Peter William (2004). "Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31239. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Spoto, Donald (1999). The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80932-3.
