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The Brighton Strangler

6.3(14)19451h 7m2

After suffering a head injury during the London Blitz, theatre actor John Loder comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • new year's eve
  • world war ii
  • head injury
  • memory loss
  • brighton, england
  • reality vs fiction
  • strangler
  • life imitates art
  • assumed identity
  • nightmare becomes reality
  • stage performance
  • london blitz

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Director

Max Nosseck

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical10 May 1945

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The Brighton Strangler was released on 10 May 1945.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    3/18/2019

    8/10

    You shall not see in the New year. During WW II as one of the Luftwafte air raids hits London, Reginald Parker, a successful actor, is knocked out and heavily concussed. Upon awaking he believes himself to be Edward Grey, the notorious Brighton Strangler he has been portraying on the stage! Clocking in at just 67 minutes, The Brighton Strangler just about has enough time to get in and do it's job excellently.…

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    CinemaSerf

    12/10/2024

    6/10

    This is a rather better effort than I'm used to from John Loder. He's a successful actor who has wowed the audiences with his eponymous portrayal for 300 nights but has now had enough. Planning to head to the seaside for a break with his fiancée "April" (June Duprez) they get caught up in the blitz and next thing he has quite a bandage on his head. Meantime, people start turning up dead, strangled, and he begins to w…

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