
Fear City(1984)
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.


“Why with everybody else - why with every slob ... and not with me?”
A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obscene phone calls. Finding himself getting far too close to the victim for comfort, the hard-boiled cop must track down the unbalanced pervert before he can carry out his sick threats.

Sal Mineo
Lawrence Sherman

Juliet Prowse
Norah Dain

Jan Murray
Lt. Dave Madden

Elaine Stritch
Marian Freeman
Margot Bennett
Edie Sherman

Daniel J. Travanti
Carlo
Diana Moore
Pam Madden

Frank Campanella
Police Captain

Bruce Glover
Frank

Tom Aldredge
Adler
Who Killed Teddy Bear? is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1965 exploring themes of new york city, rape, sexual obsession, disc jockey, fetish, times square. Directed by Joseph Cates, it stars Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray. A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obscene phone calls. Finding himself getting far too close to the victim for comfort, the hard-boiled cop must track down the unbalanced pervert before he can carry out his sick threats.
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