The Boston Strangler (film) and prosecution of De Salvo." The Boston Strangler (film) The Boston Strangler is a 1968 American neo-noir film loosely based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the book by Gerold Frank. It was directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, the strangler, and Henry Fonda as John S. Bottomly, the chief detective who came to fame for obtaining DeSalvo's confession. Curtis was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance. The cast also featured George Kennedy and the film debut of Sally Kellerman. After three murders of elderly women, with all victims
Night of the Strangler the Strangler, while other releases marketed the film as Dirty Dan, Dirty Dan's Women, Is the Father Black Enough?, or Vengeance is Mine. The reason for some of the film's alternate titles is not always obvious. Although "Is the Father Black Enough?", along with the film's marketing, was intended to highlight the theme of racial tension, no justification for "Night of the Strangler" is obvious: there is no strangler nor any death by strangulation in the film. The film's release date is also unclear. The AFI considers a June 1972 release reported by "BoxOffice" to be unconfirmed, and instead lists