Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, and Barry Foster star in this morbid blend of horror and wit — the penultimate film in Alfred Hitchcock’s long career, it was the first to earn an R rating. The Necktie Murderer has the London Police on red alert, and an innocent man is on a desperate quest to find the real serial rapist-murderer and clear his own name. Alternating heart-pounding tension with distinctive Hitchcock humor, “Frenzy” marked the Master of Suspense’s return to his native England after almost 20 years.
Intro and discussion by Chris King, former editor of the St. Louis American and director of the Poetry Scores films “Blind Cat Black” and “Go South for Animal Index.”
