Frenzy

Synopsis

Richard Blaney, old driver of hunting, are made lay off of his use of barman because its owner shows it not to pay glasses which it serves. He is divorced Brenda, which holds a marriage bureau. This one obtained the divorce: Richard Blaney was recognized guilty of physical and mental cruelty in his opposition.

In the district saw Robert Rusk, fruit wholesaler and vegetables, which affects with regard to Richard of the very cordial bonds in the absence of being friendly. One Rusk day goes to the agency of Brenda and wildly strangles it with its tie, lack of being little made surprise by Richard. This last is seen by the secretary of the victim, badly laid out in its connection - Richard Blaney passes for an odious alcoholic and violent one, and it had come to make a scene the day before. It becomes logically the suspect number one, of many evidence overpower it. He discovers by the press that he is the principal suspect and escapes from little from an arrest. His/her Babs friend, waitress in the pub of which it was made return, and who preserves to him his confidence persuaded of his innocence, assistance in his escape.

Blaney hides and Babs must find it the following day to leave England while waiting for that the things are packed. But Rusk succeeds in convincing Babs, part to recover businesses, to accept its assistance (he is customer of the pub and it knows that he knows Richard well), he invites it at his place and kills it. Richard Blaney only finds himself, all the police forces seek it and he is more and more the ideal culprit. The only person of which he thinks that he can still obtain from the assistance, it is Rusk, which always proposed to do everything to help it where necessary. Rusk accepts immediately, it takes along Richard at his place to hide it but directly will prevent the police force. Blaney is thus stopped. But Rusk wanting to charge it still more, put clothing which Babs wore the day of its death in the bag of Richard. For the police force it is a new proof, but for Blaney it in is another: it knows from now on that Rusk is the maniac with the tie who killed his ex-wife, his boyfriend and well of others. However all the evidence is against him and with its lawsuit the court recognizes it guilty and condemns it to the prison with perpetuity.

Whereas one takes it along in his cell it does not cease shouting that it is innocent and that Rusk is the killer. The police inspector is disturbed by the eagerness of Blaney to protest his innocence after his lawsuit and in spite of the evidence which overpowers it. He thus decides to inquire into Rusk. During this Blaney time successful to escape, he wants to go to kill Rusk. The truth, after a new hard blow for Richard Blaney, will end up bursting at the great day, under its eyes and those of the inspector.

Data sheet

Title: Frenzy (identical title in the original version)
Realization: Alfred Hitchcock
Scenario and adaptation: Anthony Shaffer,
according to the novel Goodbye Picadilly, Farewell Leicester Public garden of Arthur Bern
Production: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Ron Goodwin
Director of the photography: Gilbert Taylor
Decorations: Syd Cain
Coming out date: 1972
Film: British
Technicolor
Kind: police officer, thriller
Lasted: 116 minutes

Distribution

Jon Finch : Richard Blaney
Barry Foster: Robert Rusk
Barbara Leigh-Hunt: Brenda Blaney
Anna Massey: Barbara “Babs” Milligan
Alec McCowen: The inspector as a chief Oxford
Bernard Gribbins: Felix Forsythe
Billie Whitelaw: Hetty To carry
Bernard Cribbins: Felix Forsythe
Vivien Merchant: Mrs Oxford
Packsaddlled Michael: Sergeant Spearman
Jean Marsh: Monica Barling
Cleaves Swift: Johnny To carry
John Boxer: Sir George
Madge Ryan: Mrs Davison
George Tovey: Mr Salt
Elsie Randolph: Gladys

Around film

Caméo : at the 3rd minute, in the middle of crowd, a bowler hat on the head.

External bonds

Analysis by the theorist of the cinema Jean-François Tarnowski, in the review Positif
Ebauche of analysis Extracts Appearance

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