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Man on a Swing
Man on a Swing
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Perry
Screenplay byDavid Zelag Goodman
Based onThe Girl on the Volkswagen Floor
by William Arthur Clark
Produced byHoward B. Jaffe
StarringCliff Robertson
Joel Grey
Dorothy Tristan
CinematographyAdam Holender
Edited bySidney Katz
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Jaffilms Inc.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 27, 1974 (1974-02-27)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Man on a Swing is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Frank Perry and written by David Zelag Goodman. The film stars Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson and George Voskovec and was released on February 27, 1974, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] The film is loosely drawn from a true-life murder investigation and based on the non-fiction book The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor (1971) by journalist William Arthur Clark.[3][4]

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Police detective Lee Tucker is investigating the murder of a woman named Maggie Dawson. He has little evidence until factory worker Franklin Wills approaches him, identifying himself as a clairvoyant. Wills goes into trances during which he says that he can see the murder taking place. Tucker wonders whether Wills is truly clairvoyant or has an ulterior motive.

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