Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square
by Arthur La Bernliterary work· published 1966
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Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square is a 1966 novel by Arthur La Bern, which was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film Frenzy (1972). The novel and film tell the story of Bob Rusk, a serial killer in London who rapes and strangles women. Because of circumstantial evidence, however, the police come to suspect Rusk's friend Richard Blamey. The novel was adapted for the screen by Anthony Shaffer. The title is taken from a line in the popular British music hall hit "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". La Bern expressed his dissatisfaction with the adaptation in a letter to the editor of The Times. Though the adaptation is in fact fairly faithful, there are significant differences between the original novel and Hitchcock's film.
Adaptations (1)
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square was adapted into a 1972 film.
Frenzy1972 · film · 116 min · dir. Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb ↗London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
