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The Stranglers of Bombay is a 1960 British adventure horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson and Andrew Cruickshank. It was written by David Z. Goodman and produced by Hammer Films. Bernard Robinson and Don Mingaye were Art Directors, John Peverall and Tom Walls were Assistant directors, and Roy Ashton did Makeup. The film's working title was The Horror of Thuggee, and later The Stranglers of Bengal, and was originally slated to be filmed in color. Even director Terence Fisher was surprised at how violent and horrific this film turned out, even after the censors worked on it. Filming went from July 6, 1959 through Aug. 27, 1959, and the film premiered at the London Pavillion on Dec. 4th, and was released on Jan. 18, 1960.