Summaries

Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston during the early sixties. Guided by his manipulative cell mate, who knows more about the murders than he reveals, they devise a plan to gain all of the notoriety from the killings and the money from the reward. Meanwhile, Detective John Marsden, searches out the truth certain that they were not committed by one man. Fighting the bureaucracy of the day, Marsden lets his emotions get the best of him as he follows the trail of the murders.—G. Sprinkle

Details

Keywords
  • based on true story
  • serial killer
  • true crime
  • city name in title
  • place name in title
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Jul 21, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies The Weinstein Company North American Entertainment

Box office

Budget $1000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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