Movie

Man on a Swing

1974 · 110 min

A queasy, low-key procedural that keeps you leaning in, unsure whether the man helping is a witness, a fraud, or the killer.

Tagline: Clairvoyant. Occultist. Murderer. Which?
Overview: When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, police chief Lee Tucker can find no clues pointing to her killer. Flamboyant self-proclaimed psychic Franklin Wills offers his help to the skeptical policeman, and, when his supposed visions about the case begin to reveal clues and information that only the killer could possibly have known, he becomes a suspect himself.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, deception, obsession, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
obsession
isolation
guilt
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild