Frenzy actual London serial murder cases: the Christie murders in the early 1950s, and the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888. Barry Foster has said that, in order to prepare for his role, he was asked by Hitchcock to study two books about Neville Heath, an English serial killer who would often pass himself off as an officer in the RAF. "Frenzy" was the third and final film that Hitchcock made in Britain after he moved to Hollywood in 1939. The other two were "Under Capricorn" in 1949 and "Stage Fright" in 1950 (although there were some interior and exterior scenes
Bob Bailey (actor) Bob Bailey (actor) Bob Bailey (born Robert Bainter Bailey, June 13, 1913, Toledo, Ohio – August 13, 1983 Lancaster, California) was an American actor who performed mostly on radio but also appeared in films. One of Bailey's earliest roles on radio was that of the title character in the comedy serial "Mortimer Gooch" (1936–37) on CBS. In the early 1940s Bailey was regularly featured on network radio programs originating from Chicago. He played the boyfriend of the title character's sister in "That Brewster Boy" and the father of the title character in "Meet Corliss Archer". He played Bob Jones in