Frenzy (1972)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Escritores:

Arthur La Bern (novel)
Anthony Shaffer (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 junio 1972 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Horror | Romance | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Just an ordinary necktie used with a deadly new twist. [Australia Theatrical]

Plot:

A serial killer is murdering London women with a necktie. The police have a suspect... but he's the wrong man.

Plot Keywords:

Necktie | London | Police | Serial Killer | Murder

Premios:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Hitchcock's last good film

Reparto

Jon Finch	...	Richard Ian 'Dick' Blaney
Barry Foster	...	Robert 'Bob' Rusk
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	...	Brenda Margaret Blaney
Anna Massey	...	Barbara Jane 'Babs' Milligan
Alec McCowen	...	Chief Inspector Oxford
Vivien Merchant	...	Mrs. Oxford
Billie Whitelaw	...	Hetty Porter
Clive Swift	...	Johnny Porter
Bernard Cribbins	...	Felix Forsythe
Michael Bates	...	Sergeant Spearman
Jean Marsh	...	Monica Barling
John Boxer	...	Sir George
Madge Ryan	...	Mrs. Davison
George Tovey	...	Neville Salt
Elsie Randolph	...	Gladys
Jimmy Gardner	...	Hotel Porter
Gerald Sim	...	Solicitor in Pub
Noel Johnson	...	Doctor in Pub
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Joby Blanshard	...	Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Gerry Cowper	...	Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
June Ellis	...	Maisie - Barmaid (uncredited)
Harry Fielder	...	Covent Garden lorry driver (uncredited)
Drewe Henley	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock	...	Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
Robert Keegan	...	Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Bunny May	...	Barman (uncredited)
James Payne	...	Covent Garden - Taxi driver (uncredited)
Jack Silk	...	Police Driver (uncredited)
Rita Webb	...	Mrs. Rusk (uncredited)
Richard Wyler	...	Truck driver (uncredited)
Jeremy Young	...	Detective (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Alfred Hitchcock

Créditos del guión
Arthur La Bern		(novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square")
Anthony Shaffer		(screenplay)

Producida por
William Hill	....	associate producer
Alfred Hitchcock	....	producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Ron Goodwin

Fotografía por
Gilbert Taylor		(director of photography) (as Gil Taylor)
Leonard J. South		(uncredited)

Montaje por
John Jympson

Casting
Sally Nicholl

Diseño de producción por
Syd Cain

Dirección artística
Robert W. Laing		(as Bob Laing)

Departamento de maquillaje
Harry Frampton	....	makeup artist
Patricia McDermott	....	hair stylist (as Pat McDermott)
Peter Frampton	....	makeup assistant (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Brian Burgess	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Colin M. Brewer	....	assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Simon Wakefield	....	set dresser

Departamento de sonido
Rusty Coppleman	....	sound editor
Peter Handford	....	sound mixer
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound recordist
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Michael Hickey	....	sound camera operator (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Albert Whitlock	....	special photographic effects

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Paul Wilson	....	camera operator

Departamento de vestuario
Dulcie Midwinter	....	wardrobe supervisor

Departamento de Edición
Alan Strachan	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Ron Goodwin	....	conductor

Otros miembros del equipo
Ian Goddard	....	location manager
Angela Martelli	....	continuity
Peggy Robertson	....	assistant: Mr. Hitchcock

Compañías Productores

• Universal Pictures

Distribuidores

• Universal Pictures (1972) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC (1972) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MCA Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• CIC Video (1989) (UK) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (1999) (Germany) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Universal Pictures (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (new 35mm print)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Universal Studios Home Video (DVD)

También conocida como:

Frenesí (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

116 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 (2001) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1972) | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 | Brazil:12 | USA:R (certificate no. 23143) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Italy:VM14 | Norway:16 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | West Germany:16 | UK:18 (video rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

119 Oxford Street, London, England, UK

Compañía:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

The role of Robert Rusk was originally offered to Michael Caine. After Caine declined the role he later mentioned in his memoirs how Hitchcock completely ignored him when they met in a hotel a few years later.

Errores:

Continuidad: The level of the soup in Inspector Oxford's bowl changes inconsistently throughout the scene.

Citas:

Bob Rusk: If you can fix up a lot of idiots, why not me?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "TCM Underground: Wicked, Wicked/Frenzy (#1.42)" (2008)

Hitchcock's last good film

There's a necktie murderer running around London. He attempts to rape women (he can't he's impotent) and, in his rage, strangles them with his ties. A "nice" guy named Rusk (Barry Foster) is the killer but his best friend Richard (Jon Finch) is the one accused of it...

Hitchcock's first (and last) film in London since the 1950 "Stage Fright". Something about London seemed to rejuvenate him--his two movies before this ("Topaz" and "Torn Curtain") were slow, uninvolving and deadly dull. This moves quickly, has a good script and large doses of VERY black humor--much blacker than Hitchcock had ever attempted before. The film was also Hitchcock's first to get an R rating for a pretty explicit rape/strangulation and flashes of female nudity. To be honest, it's pretty tame by today's standards but still disturbing. It's kind of surprising that Hitchcock would get so vicious...but "Psycho"s shower stabbing was considered shocking for its time as was the scissors killing in "Dial M for Murder".

The acting varies wildly. Mostly everybody is very good--especially Foster, Jean Marsh (in a amusing small role) and Anna Massey. But Finch, as the main character, is terrible. He is handsome but his character is brutal, obnoxious and his acting is just horrendous. That drags the movie down as I didn't care for him at all.

The movie also contains many incredibly-directed sequences--especially the potato truck sequence and a reverse shot sequence. Also it has an infamous--and very funny--final line.

Bad acting from Finch aside this is a good movie and worth catching. I give it an 8.