Frenzy

Frenzy (1972)

Timing: 1:56 (116 min)

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Photo 47

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Release date

1972-05-25

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Universal Pictures, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Universal Pictures UK

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Horror

Budget

$2 000 000

Revenue

$12 600 000

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Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Actors

Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen, Vivien Merchant, Billie Whitelaw, Clive Swift, Bernard Cribbins, Michael Bates
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Scenario

Producer

Alfred Hitchcock, William Hill

Operator

Gilbert Taylor

Composer

Ron Goodwin

Artist

Maurice Cain

Audition

Sally Nicholl

Editing

John Jympson
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• A film adaptation of Arthur La Bern's novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square" (English: Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square).
• Alfred Hitchcock cameo: he stands in the center of the crowd of listeners, the only one not applauding the speaker. Initially, Hitchcock planned a role for his cameo as a drowned man floating down the Thames. A mannequin was made with an exact copy of Hitchcock's head, but this idea was not implemented, and the mannequin was used to film a promotional trailer for the film.
• Hitchcock offered Vladimir Nabokov to write the screenplay for this film, but Nabokov declined. As a result, Anthony Shaffer wrote the screenplay.
• The film was shot from August to October 1971. Filming took place at the Pinewood Studios pavilion in the UK and on location in London (Covent Garden, Oxford Street).
• Hitchcock offered Vladimir Nabokov to write the screenplay for this film, but Nabokov declined. As a result, Anthony Shaffer wrote the screenplay.
• Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) established a filming schedule for shooting in London's Covent Garden that involved shooting daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Once, during filming, as Hitchcock was finishing another take, a union representative approached him and stated that it was already a quarter to seven in the evening and the shooting should be stopped. This enraged Hitchcock so much that he threatened to finish filming in Hollywood. After this incident, no one from the unions was allowed on the set.