What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · May 20237/10
Richard Attenborough is superb in this creepy and true tale of John Christie. He lives with his wife Ethel (Pat Heywood) in the ground floor of the address where, above, a young couple of pregnant Beryl (Judy Gleeson) and Timothy Evans (John Hurt) have just moved in. Unbeknown to them, though, the outwardly affable Christie lives a double life. His other "career" is to help unfortunate women deal with ailments for which they cannot just go to their doctor. We assume that he gets his kicks whilst they are anaethetised and then they end up behind a false wall in his kitchen! It transpires that he might just be able to help the poverty stricken Evans's out - they cannot afford the child they already have, let along bring another into the world, and their rows are regularly heard by the entire street! Maybe Christie has a solution? Of course, by this stage we are fully aware of the real motives behind this proposed "generosity" and clearly it is all very perilous for Beryl, and quite possibly for her slightly flaky husband too. This story had a profound effect on the British public in 1949, when all this happened, and may well have hastened the abolition of the death penalty some 15 ye
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Cast
- Richard AttenboroughJohn Christie
- John HurtTimothy Evans
- Judy GeesonBeryl Evans
- Pat HeywoodEthel Christie
- Isobel BlackAlice
- Miss RileyBaby Geraldine
- André MorellJudge Lewis
- Robert HardyMalcolm Morris
- Phyllis MacMahonMuriel Eady
- Gabrielle DayeMrs Lynch
Crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Clive ExtonScreenplay
- Denys N. CoopDirector of Photography
- John DankworthOriginal Music Composer
- Ernest WalterEditor
- Leslie LinderProducer
- Martin RansohoffProducer
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