The Brighton Strangler

The Brighton Strangler is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel.^[1]

The Brighton Strangler
Directed by	Max Nosseck
Written by	Hugh Gray Arnold Lippschitz Max Nosseck
Produced by	Sid Rogell Herman Schlom
Starring	John Loder June Duprez Michael St. Angel
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	Les Millbrook
Music by	Leigh Harline
Production company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	May 10, 1945 (1945-05-10)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

During The Blitz in wartime London, an actor suffers concussion and believes himself to be the character he has most recently been playing - a vicious strangler with a hit list of potential victims.

Cast

• John Loder as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
• June Duprez as April Manby Carson
• Michael St. Angel as Lieutenant Bob Carson
• Miles Mander as Chief Inspector W.R. Allison
• Rose Hobart as Dorothy Kent
• Gilbert Emery as Doctor Manby (final film)
• Rex Evans as Leslie Shelton
• Matthew Boulton as Inspector Graham
• Olaf Hytten as Banks, the valet
• Lydia Bilbrook as Mrs Manby
• Ian Wolfe as Lord Mayor
• Frank Mayo as Policeman (uncredited)

Legacy

This film has been championed since 2013 by the British movie podcast "AttaboyClarence", (named after the final line in It's A Wonderful Life) in which the Strangler's reading of the word "Canterbury..." has become the podcast's catchphrase.