Frenzy Movie by Alfred Hitchcock

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Title
Frenzy

Year
1972

Director
Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay
Anthony Shaffer (Adaption of novel by Arthur La Bern)

Overview
(Amazon.com) Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film, written by Anthony Shaffer (who also wrote Sleuth), this delightfully grisly little tale features an all-British cast minus star wattage, which may have accounted for its relatively slim showing in the States. Jon Finch plays a down-on-his-luck Londoner who is offered some help by an old pal (Barry Foster). In fact, Foster is a serial killer the police have been chasing--and he's framing Finch. Which leads to a classic Hitchcock situation: a guiltless man is forced to prove his innocence while eluding Scotland Yard at the same time. Spiked with Hitchcock's trademark dark humor, Frenzy also features a very funny subplot about the Scotland Yard investigator (Alec McCowen) in charge of the case, who must endure meals by a wife (Vivien Merchant) who is taking a gourmet-cooking class. --Marshall Fine

Cast
Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster

Noteworthy Facts
The film was shot in England and was the first Hitchcock film to be shot there since Stage Fright (1950).

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