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Zodiac
Why this pick
Its meticulous, years-spanning investigation shares the original’s procedural accumulation, institutional frustration, and chilling refusal to turn real violence into easy spectacle.
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MOVIE1968 1h 56m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After three murders of elderly women, the victims being strangled and penetrated with foreign objects, the Boston police conclude that they have a serial killer to catch. As the murders stretch over several police jurisdictions, Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke appoints John S. Bottomly as head of a "Strangler Bureau" to coordinate the investigation. Several suspects are interrogated and released.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tony Curtis
Albert DeSalvo
Henry Fonda
John S. Bottomly
Mike Kellin
Julian Soshnick
Hurd Hatfield
Terence Huntley
Murray Hamilton
Det. Frank McAfee
Jeff Corey
John Asgeirsson
Sally Kellerman
Dianne Cluny
George Voskovec
Peter Hurkos