Frenzy

Frenzy

1971 · 83 min · ★ 9.5 · Mystery, Crime, Drama

A woman murders her disabled husband and informs his brother (with whom she is having an affair), but she realizes she has misdialed and accidentally confessed her crime to a stranger. The caller attempts to blackmail her, but when he tries to rape her she kills him in the struggle. Worse still, her doctor and lover inform her to say nothing because her husband has been dead for eight months and everything that has happened she has imagined.

Directed by Giannis Hristodoulou · Written by Nikos Foskolos

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Giannis Voglis Detective Gibson
Angelos Antonopoulos Dimitris Paizis
Catherine Mitchell Catherine Paizis
Alexis Damianos Alexandros Paizis
Tasso Kavadia Rea
Dimos Starenios
Kostas Kourtis Kostas Melos
Maro Gravliotou Lena - The Secretary
Aleka Kanellidou Dancehall Singer
Niki Lembesi
Roula Menandrou

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