Directed by Paul Vecchiali   Written by Paul Vecchiali   Cast Jacques Perrin ... Émile Julien Guiomar ... L'inspecteur Simon Dangret Eva Simonet ... Anna Carré Paul Barge ... 'Le Chacal' Jacqueline Danno ... Monique Katja Cavagnac ... Florence (as Katia Cavagnac) Jean-Pierre Miquel ... Le commissaire principal Hélène Surgère ... Hélène, l'actrice esseulée (as Helene Surgeres) Sonia Saviange ... La femme en soie Nicole Courcel ... Claire, la prostituée Paule Annen ... Mme Élisabeth Andrée Tainsy ... Mme Jeanne, la patronne du bar restaurant Stéphane de Verchère   Jean-Pierre de Verchère   Germaine de France   Jean-Michel Dhermay ... Le prostitué menaçant (as Jean Michel Dhermay) Marcel Gassouk ... Le mari homosexuel Nelly Pescher   Liza Braconnier ... La fille dans le café (as Elisabeth Braconnier) El Kebir ... L'Algérien Ali Ben Azzouz   Jacques Garsi   André Cassan ... Le témoin René Bernan   Jean-Claude Guiguet ... Le passant offusqué Henry Courseaux ... L'homme ivre Vassilis Vassilikos ... (as Vassili Vassilikos) Colette Allègre   Lise Martel   Sarah Hardenberg   Sylvia Penzès   Sandra Julien ... La fille violée Judtih Rona   Muni ... La femme qui console l'homosexuel Uncredited Cast Jean-Pierre D'Artois ... Un passant Sophie de Gunzburg ... La Fouguette Johan Di Borgo ... Le crieur de journaux Jacqueline Lajeunesse ... La femme errante Hugues Quester   Produced by Jacques Perrin   Original Music by Roland Vincent

Additional Info Premiere: May 1970 DVD Release: February 27, 2024 Blu-ray Release: February 27, 2024 Country: Distributor: Altered Innocence Websites: Alternate Titles L'étrangleur Production Companies Marianne Productions Reggane Films Unite 3 Distributors Altered Innocence   (2023) (United States) (theatrical) Altered Innocence   (2023) (United States) (DVD) Altered Innocence   (2023) (United States) Altered Innocence   (2023) (United States) (VOD) The Criterion Channel   (2024) (United States) (streaming) (TV) Filming Locations Île aux Cygnes, Paris 15, Paris, France   (Dangret meets chief of police) 201 Rue Marcel Hartmann, Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France   (bar where prostitutes have their break) Avenue du Général-Leclerc, Paris 14, Paris, France   (Emile follows Anna) Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France   (Emile's paper chase and encounter with Dangret: begins Sentier Saint-Frambourg and ends Rue J.B. Renoult) (Emile's house Rue Marat, now demolished) Maison de Radio-France, Paris 16, Paris, France   (tv studio exteriors) Police Judiciaire, 36 Quai des Orfèvres, Paris 1, Paris, France   (Dangret quits the police) Pont de Grenelle, Paris 15, Paris, France   (Anna crosses bridge) Rue de Boulainvilliers, Paris 16, Paris, France   (Anna addresses to Dangret outside studio) Rue Emile Richard, Paris 14, Paris, France   (recurring view of the street between walls) Villa d'Orléans, Paris 14, Paris, France   (Anna's home and street market) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.6 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #11,302 / 21,263 Site Ranking #11,298 Confessional (2019) #11,299 Corpses Are Forever (2004) #11,300 Crucible Of The Vampire (2019) #11,301 Fetus (2008) #11,302 The Strangler (1970) #11,303 Granny Of The Dead (2017) #11,304 KillerKiller (2007) #11,305 Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper (2014) #11,306 The Dog Who Saved The Holidays (2012)