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60% Critic Match
The Strangler
“He can sense your despair...”
6.0 / 10• 1971• 1h 36m•NR• French
CrimeHorrorThriller
Storyline
Émile targets women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple victims fall to his suffocating white scarf, an inspector resorts to unorthodox methods to get him with the assistance of a potential victim.
Cast & Crew
Jacques Perrin
Émile
Lead
Julien Guiomar
Inspector Simon Dangret
Eva Simonet
Anna Carré
Paul Barge
Le Chacal
Jacqueline Danno
Monique
KC
Katia Cavaignac
Florence
Jean-Pierre Miquel
The Chief Commissioner
Hélène Surgère
Helen
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul Vecchiali's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Strangler is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
