
Just an ordinary necktie used with a deadly new twist.
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
- 7.1
- 1972
- Released
- 1h 56m

Jon Finch
Richard Ian Blaney
Barry Foster
Robert Rusk
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Brenda Margaret Blaney
Anna Massey
Barbara Jane 'Babs' Milligan
Alec McCowen
Chief Inspector Tim Oxford
Vivien Merchant
Mrs. Oxford
Billie Whitelaw
Hetty Porter
Clive Swift
Johnny Porter
Bernard Cribbins
Felix Forsythe
Michael Bates
Sergeant Spearman
Jean Marsh
Monica Barling
Madge Ryan
Mrs. Davison
Elsie Randolph
Gladys
Gerald Sim
Mr. Usher the Solicitor in Pub
John Boxer
Sir George
George Tovey
Neville Salt
Jimmy Gardner
Hotel Porter
Noel Johnson
Doctor in Pub
Lewis Alexander
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Brian Badcoe
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Michael Bilton
Trial Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Joby Blanshard
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Willy Bowman
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Juror (uncredited)
Donald Campbell
The Mayor (uncredited)
John Cannon
Murder Scene Policeman (uncredited)
John Cater
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Terence Conoley
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Gerry Cowper
Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
June Ellis
Maisie - Barmaid (uncredited)
Hugh Elton
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
Complaining Pub Customer (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Covent Garden Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Otto Friese
Juror (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Roberta Gibbs
Body in River Thames (uncredited)
Jill Goldston
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
John Golightly
CID Police Photographer (uncredited)
Josie Grant
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Spectator on South Bank (uncredited)
Drewe Henley
Forensics Technician (uncredited)
Hubert Hill
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Ken Hutchins
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Barry Keegan
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Roy Lansford
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Tommy Little
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Doreen Mantle
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Mary Maxfield
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Bunny May
Barman (uncredited)
Margaret Nolan
Young Woman (uncredited)
James Payne
Covent Garden Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bob Ramsey
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Doctor (voice) (uncredited)
Phillip Ross
Policeman (uncredited)
Michael Sheard
Jim (uncredited)
Jack Silk
Police Driver (uncredited)
Roy Skelton
CID Man (uncredited)
Colin Spaull
Man (uncredited)
Richard Wyler
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Court Official (uncredited)
Susan Travers
Victim (uncredited)
Joseph Tregonino
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Paul Tropea
Boy at the Thames (uncredited)
Bert Vivian
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Pearl Walters
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Rita Webb
Mrs Rusk (uncredited)
Eric Wetherell
Juror (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Martin Wyldeck
Sir George's Aide (uncredited)
Jeremy Young
Detective (uncredited)






Released
en
$2,000,000.00
$12,600,000.00
- #london, england
- #rape
- #police
- #girlfriend
- #truck
- #murder
- #serial killer
- #pin
- #ex-wife
- #necktie
- #sack
- #potatoes
- #produce seller
Reviews

This is probably my least favourite Hitchcock story. It is still cleverly constructed, but somehow it has a vulgarity to it that I rather struggled with. The premiss is a serial killer who has been brutally killing women using a neck tie, then dumping their bodies. The police are baffled until "Brenda Blaney" (Barbara Leigh-Hunt) is found raped and killed in her office, and suspicion falls on her
This is one of those thrillers that is in no way a whodunnit as it becomes evident very early on that the killer is who you think it is going to be. But that is not sloppy film making, it is entirely deliberate, for the mystery here is not who is the killer, but will he get away with it, and what will happen to our hero? It is a well plotted piece, and, oddly, based on a true story. [see Jack T

Chillingly humorous Hitchcock piece of work. It's always great to take a revisit to Frenzy some years after your last viewing, to re-evaluate it post haste. As a proud Englishman it gives me great pleasure to see the Master back in England capturing the English time frame of London perfectly, for the film works because we really get the vibe of the place and believe in the characters who freque











