The Strangler

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The Strangler

"He can sense your despair..."

1971

1h 36m

6.1(27 votes)

Crime

Horror

Thriller

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

14 members

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Jacques Perrin

Émile

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Julien Guiomar

Inspector Simon Dangret

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Eva Simonet

Anna Carré

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Paul Barge

Le Chacal

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Jacqueline Danno

Monique

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Katia Cavaignac

Florence

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Jean-Pierre Miquel

The chief commissioner

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Hélène Surgère

Helen, lonely actress

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Sonia Saviange

The woman in silk

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Nicole Courcel

Claire, the prostitute

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Paule Annen

Ms. Elizabeth

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Andrée Tainsy

Jeanne, the owner of the bar restaurant

Directing

Jean-Claude Guiguet

Le passant offusqué

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Sandra Julien

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