This account of Albert DeSalvo, a schizophrenic east coast furnace worker who may have terrorized early-1960s Boston with strangulations of women, plays fast and loose with the facts but is still pretty good as dramatic movie-making. An interesting, stylish, and yet sketchy picture which is ultimately convoluted with too many filmmaking styles. It wants to be quasi-documentary, flashy thriller and character study--but final results are half-baked. The multi-screen cinematography is arresting for awhile, but eventually this gambit becomes a nuisance (and seems to drain the movie of its energy). Solid cast is commendable, particularly Tony Curtis in the lead and Henry Fonda as DeSalvo's psychologist, but the picture is much stronger during the manhunt than it is after the capture--with 30 minutes to go. **1/2 from ****