The Haunted Strangler

The Haunted Strangler
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Day
Written byJohn Croydon (as "John C. Cooper")
Jan Read
Based onan original story by Jan Read
Produced byJohn Croydon
executive
Richard Gordon
StarringBoris Karloff
Jean Kent
Elizabeth Allan
Anthony Dawson
CinematographyLionel Banes
Edited byPeter Mayhew
Music byBuxton Orr
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (U.S.)
Eros Films (U.K.)
Release dates
  • 11 May 1958 (1958-05-11) (United States)
  • 11 October 1958 (1958-10-11) (United Kingdom)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£80,000[1]
Box office$650,000 (on double bill)[2]

The Haunted Strangler (also known as Grip of the Strangler and originally titled The Judas Hole) is a 1958 British horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, and Anthony Dawson.[3]

It was adapted from "Stranglehold", a story which screenwriter Jan Read had written specially for Karloff, and was shot back to back with producer Richard Gordon's Fiend Without a Face (1958), with both later being released as a double feature by MGM.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference x cert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  3. ^ "The Haunted Strangler". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Stephen, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011, p. 410-412