Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Brighton Strangler (1945)


RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Max Nosseck
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Stage actor John Loder is hit on the head during an air raid and assumes the identity of his latest role: a maniac strangler. He proceeds to re-enact the play scene-by-scene, befriending young WAF June Duprez and her new husband. A Scotland Yard inspector figures out that he is the killer, but too late. He manages to get Duprez on a London rooftop for the big ending, but it doesn't turn out as planned. Good, atmospheric mystery, if a bit far fetched.

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