Directed by:
Robert LynnScreenplay:
Leigh VanceCinematography:
Nicolas RoegComposer:
Ken JonesCast:
Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, Donald Wolfit, James Robertson Justice, Edward Underdown, Max Faulkner, Coral Browne, Edward Ogden, Betty Baskcomb (more)Plots(1)
It’s a Slice-of-wife Picture! In this true-life horror thriller Donald Pleasence stars as Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen, the most notorious murderer of the Edwardian Age. Constantly insulted and humiliated by his vulgar, overbearing wife (Coral Browne), and in love with the much younger and lovelier Ethel Le Veve (Samantha Eggar), the mild-mannered doctor plots ‘the crime of the century’. And what a plan! He’s going to poison his wife, dismember her and bury the remains in the basement of their boarding house. Was Dr. Crippen a crafty, cold-blooded killer or simply a man blinded by mad passion? You can decide as one of the most famous trials in British legal history unfolds in this underrated true-crime gem that boasts atmospheric black and white cinematography courtesy of Nicolas Roeg and a chilling character study from Pleasence. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Donald Pleasence
UK
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Samantha Eggar
UK
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Donald Wolfit
UK
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Edward Underdown
UK
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Max Faulkner
UK
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Coral Browne
Australia
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Edward Ogden
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Betty Baskcomb
UK
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Basil Henson
UK
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Elspeth March
UK
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Hamilton Dyce
UK
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Edward Cast
UK
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Totti Truman Taylor
UK
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Paul Carpenter
Canada
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Olga Lindo
UK
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Eric Dodson
UK
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Oliver Johnston
UK
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Colin Rix
UK
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John Arnatt
Russia
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