The Haunted Strangler

Film Info

United States
1958
79 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
English
Spine #367

Nineteenth-century English author James Rankin (Boris Karloff) believes that the wrong man was hanged twenty years earlier for a series of murders, but his investigations lead him to a horrible and, for him, gruesomely inescapable secret.

Cast

James Rankin	Boris Karloff
Cora Seth	Jean Kent
Barbara Rankin	Elizabeth Allan
Superintendent Burk	Anthony Dawson
Pearl	Vera Day
Dr. Kenneth McColl	Tim Turner
Lily Rankin	Diane Aubrey

Credits

Director	Robert Day
Producer	John Croydon
Executive producer	Richard Gordon
Screenplay	John C. Cooper and Jan Read
Original story	Jan Read
Music	Buxton Orr
Conducted by	Frederic Lewis
Lighting cameraman	Lionel Banes
Editing	Peter Mayhew
Set designer	John Elphick
Special effects	Les Bowie

Disc Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by Richard Gordon and writer Tom Weaver, with additional comments from Alex Gordon
New video interviews with director Robert Day, screenwriter Jan Read, and costars Jean Kent and Vera Day
Deleted scenes
Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A booklet featuring Fangoria’s 1984 interview with producer John Croydon about Karloff, and a new essay by Maitland McDonagh