frenzy is a 1972 british crime thriller movie set in london. it is directed by alfred hitchcock starring alex mccowen and barry foster. it tells the story of an innocent man, played by mccowen who is wrongly believed to be a serial killer by the police and his efforts to avoid capture and bring the real killer to justice. this was the second to last movie that hitchcock made before he died in 1980 and the first time in many years he had made a movie in the united kingdom.