Film Forum

U.S., 1968
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Starring Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
Approx. 116 min.

Why did 13 women open their doors? As murders and split-screen effects proliferate, George Kennedy’s cops pull in every psycho in Boston, but Henry Fonda’s John Bottomly must relentlessly worm a confession out of Tony Curtis—electrifyingly cast against type as chief suspect Albert DeSalvo.

Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

Reviews

“Fleischer’s mastery of tension and attention to detail make this riveting story a great piece of cinema.”
– Empire Magazine

“There is no other work that so vividly shows how accurate cinematic expression is.”
– Kiyoshi Kurosawa