Frenzy
Alfred Hitchcock, 1972
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square
Arthur La Bern, 1966
Frenzy is a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1972 and based on the book Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern, first published in 1966. The movie features Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Billie Whitelaw, and others.
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Storyline
Set in the early 1970s, the plot centres on a serial killer terrorizing London by raping and then strangling women with a necktie. Bob Rusk, a Covent Garden wholesale produce merchant, is the murderer. However, circumstantial evidence, partially engineered by Rusk, will implicate Rusk’s friend Richard Blaney, who becomes a fugitive attempting to prove his innocence.
Movie vs Book
Year
1972
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Year
1966
Pages
224
Book Rate
6.76
S: Goodreads
Book
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square
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