Frenzy - Cast

Cast

  • Jon Finch as Richard Ian 'Dick' Blaney
  • Alec McCowen as Chief Inspector Oxford
  • Barry Foster as Robert 'Bob' Rusk
  • Billie Whitelaw as Hetty Porter
  • Anna Massey as Barbara Jane 'Babs' Milligan
  • Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Brenda Margaret Blaney
  • Bernard Cribbins as Felix Forsythe
  • Vivien Merchant as Mrs. Oxford
  • Michael Bates as Sergeant Spearman
  • Jean Marsh as Monica Barling
  • Clive Swift as Johnny Porter
  • Madge Ryan as Mrs. Davison
  • Elsie Randolph as Gladys
  • Gerald Sim as Mr. Usher, Solicitor in the Pub
  • John Boxer as Sir George
  • George Tovey as Neville Salt
  • Jimmy Gardner as Hotel Porter
  • Noel Johnson as Doctor in Pub

Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearance can be seen (three minutes into the film) in the centre of a crowd scene wearing a bowler hat. Teaser trailers show a Hitchcock-like dummy floating in the River Thames and Hitchcock introducing the audience to Covent Garden via the fourth wall.

Michael Caine was Hitchcock's first choice for the role of Rusk, the main antagonist, but Caine thought the character was disgusting and said "I don't want to be associated with the part". Foster was cast after Hitchcock saw him in Twisted Nerve (which also featured Frenzy co-star Billie Whitelaw). Vanessa Redgrave reportedly turned down the role of Brenda, and Deep Red's David Hemmings (who had co-starred with Redgrave in Blow-Up) was considered to play Blaney.

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