The Brighton Strangler is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel.BFI.org
Plot During The Blitz in wartime London, an actor suffers a concussion and believes himself to be the character he has most recently been playing - a vicious strangler with a hit list of potential victims.
Cast John Loder as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey June Duprez as April Manby Carson Michael St. Angel as Lieutenant Bob Carson Miles Mander as Chief Inspector W.R. Allison Rose Hobart as Dorothy Kent Gilbert Emery as Doctor Manby (final film) Rex Evans as Leslie Shelton Matthew Boulton as Inspector Graham Olaf Hytten as Banks, the valet Lydia Bilbrook as Mrs Manby Ian Wolfe as Lord Mayor Frank Mayo as Policeman (uncredited)
Legacy This film has been championed since 2013 by the British movie podcast "Attaboy Clarence", (named after the final line in It's A Wonderful Life) in which the Strangler's reading of the word "Canterbury..." has become the podcast's catchphrase.
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