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A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Tom Ahearne
- Father O'Brien
- (uncredited)
Louis Basile
- Customer
- (uncredited)
R. Bernard
- Indignant Man
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe morning after the first murder, Steiger checks the newspapers for coverage. The back page of the New York Daily News reveals that the Philadelphia Phillies edged the New York Mets 6 to 5 and that the Kansas City Athletics shut out the New York Yankees 2 to 0. The edition of the paper Steiger is reading is therefore from Thursday, June 29, 1967.
- GoofsWhen reading about his first crime, Gill picks up a copy of the New York Times. In subsequent shots, the paper has changed to the Daily News.
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Mrs. Brummel: I am sickened at heart when my own son goes looking at dead women's naked bodies. I tell you Morris, it is no way to treat a lady.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)
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Macabre, well-acted classy thriller
I turned this gem of a film on one afternoon having no idea what it was about. The opening scenes with Rod Steiger as an Irish priest calling on unsuspecting, soon-to-be victim Marline Bartlett was truly startling in its viciousness. Why have I never heard of this movie before and why has it been shelved all these years? This movie is definitely a cut above the rest in the genre of thrillers featuring serial killers. Rod Steiger is brilliant in a tour-de-force as he assumes various identities-- i.e., an Irish Priest, plumber and effeminate hair stylist--as a psycho on the loose who targets middle aged women and whose calling card is to draw a pair of lips in red lipstick on each victim's forehead. Steiger is pitted against underdog detective George Segal, who plays an overworked cop who gets no recognition for his work. Lee Remick plays the love interest who adds spice to the movie and supporting actress Eileen Heckart plays detective Segal's overbearing mother who bureates him for being a cop (and Jewish) every opportunity she gets. Heckart as the overbearing stereotypical Jewish mama is annoying, to say the least. Remick's character is a free spirit who gives museum tours and she is HIP! In fact, her dialogue suffers in part from an effort to be *too hip* and contemporary: in one scene she tells Segal, "I swinged, and I swang until I swung", in explaining a previous relationship. The most interesting victim plays a drag queen in a bar who is scorned by the other bar patrons and met with homophobic comments, but this was, after all 1968. All the acting is good, though the best scenes are those involving Steiger and his unsuspecting victims. One slight flaw is that the idea that the police department could control what the media prints and use it to manipulate the killer is a little too contrived, and the movie's ending is mediocre, doesn't satisfy and wraps it up too quickly. The scene involving Remick and Steiger is also contrived, and it's a little inconsistent with Remick's character that she would let a total stranger into her apartment, especially since she's dating a cop.
In spite of the mediocre ending, this is an excellent movie.
In spite of the mediocre ending, this is an excellent movie.
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- Jul 26, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1(original ratio)
- 1.85 : 1
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