In New York, a disco hostess is stalked by a sexual predator and she requests help from a vice squad detective who takes a personal interest in the case.In New York, a disco hostess is stalked by a sexual predator and she requests help from a vice squad detective who takes a personal interest in the case.In New York, a disco hostess is stalked by a sexual predator and she requests help from a vice squad detective who takes a personal interest in the case.
- Carlo
- (as Dan Travanty)
- Ms. Nielsen
- (as Casey Townsend)
- Black Man
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe print released on home video by Network is missing a few minutes of sleaze content. The original theatrical version has images of pornographic books and magazines, as well as explicit lobby cards displayed by a Times Square adult movie theater.
- GoofsDuring the first scene set at the discotheque, Juliet Prowse puts on a new record after we see the crowd dancing to the first song. However, minutes later, we see the crowd dancing to the first song again.
- Quotes
Lt. Dave Madden: Some are fetishists, some are sadists, some are masochists, then there are the simple voyeurs, the pediophiliacs, but even that's too neat, too much like rules. So we have the combinations. And I'm not talking about your uncle Charlie, who buys pin-up calendars, I mean the complicated pairing. The sado-masochist, the voyeur-masochist, the exhibitionists, the necrophiliacs.
Norah Dain: You seem to know a lot about these things.
Lt. Dave Madden: Someone should.
- Alternate versionsThe edited version of this film runs at 91 minutes as opposed to the uncut running time of 94 minutes. The 91 minute version deletes some scenes of Sal Mineo working out and swimming at the Gym where he encounters Juliet Prowse.
- ConnectionsFeatured in That Man: Peter Berlin (2005)
- SoundtracksWho Killed Teddy Bear?
(uncredited)
Written by Bob Gaudio and Al Kasha
Sung by Rita Dyson
[Played over both the opening title and credits, and end title card]
Performances are strong from the key players(especially Elaine Stritch as Prowse's inured lesbian boss, Jan Murray as the solicitous investigator, and Mineo...a deeply disturbed but ultimately pitiable predator). Unfortunately, the film is marred significantly by the comically written and overplayed character of Mineo's little sister, doomed to eternal childhood as the result of a tragic accident.
Though there is intermittent creative camera-work at hand, production values are pretty low overall. Fortunately, the tawdriness of the whole affair calls for just that, and WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR succeeds, perhaps despite itself. It's a gripping, stark, and quite depressing meditation on obsession, loneliness and perversion which touches bravely on every taboo in the book. This rife lurid sensationalism feels strangely at-odds with itself, however...the tone here seems more cautionary than uninhibited, possibly an ill-boding advisory propelled by the whiling fears of 60s-era reactionaries. The times, they were a-changing, and many at the far-right felt the nation's moral compass had become a pinwheel in the wind.
. 7.5/10.
- EyeAskance
- Dec 11, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Sexualmördare går lös
- Filming locations
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Times Square)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1