The Boston Strangler (film) 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 being strangled and penetrated with
The Man Who Stayed at Home (play) Opera House in New Zealand in August and was well received and attended by the Prime Minister William Massey. The play, which starred Frank Harvey in the title role, is considered to have been a major influence on the Australian film "Within Our Gates" (1915). Both were produced by JCW and the film was directed by Harvey, who acted in the film along with several other actors who had been in the play. On Broadway the play opened at the Comedy Theatre in February 1915, initially under the title "The White Feather" for 140 performances which at one point were