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Director:
Writers:
Ludovic Kennedy (book)
Clive Exton (writer)
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Release Date:
5 March 1971 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
The true story of John Christie - the serial killer.
Plot:
After subletting his upstairs London flat to a mentally deficient young man named Timothy Evans and his pregnant wife Beryl... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
User Comments:
Fascinating serial killer portrait more (53 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Attenborough ... John Reginald Christie
Judy Geeson ... Beryl Evans

John Hurt ... Timothy John Evans
Pat Heywood ... Mrs. Ethel Christie
Isobel Black ... Alice
Miss Riley ... Baby Geraldine
Phyllis MacMahon ... Muriel Eady
Ray Barron ... Workman Willis
Douglas Blackwell ... Workman Jones
Gabrielle Daye ... Mrs. Lynch
Jimmy Gardner ... Mr. Lynch
Edward Evans ... Det. Inspector
Tenniel Evans ... Detective Sergeant
David Jackson ... Constable
George Lee ... Constable
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Additional Details

Runtime:
111 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | Canada:18+ (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (1988) | Finland:K-18 (1971) | West Germany:18 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating) | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filmed in the real Rillington Place, which had changed its name to Ruston Close after the notorious killings. Filming took place both in no. 10 Rillington Place itself as well as no.6. The street was demolished at the end of 1970 and the area was later redeveloped, with completion in 1977, as Bartle Road and St Andrew's Square. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The caption '1949' appears on the screen as the Evans family come to view the top floor of 10 Rillington Place, but in fact they moved in in 1948. more
Quotes:
Det. Inspector: [On phone] He's a bit simple you know... more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Psychoville: (#1.5)" (2009) more

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19 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Fascinating serial killer portrait, 13 September 2002
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Author: Mikew3001 (mikew4001@yahoo.de) from Hamburg, Germany

This British 1970's drama tells the life of the real London strangler John Reginald Christie, a doctor and landlord who killed several of his female patients in the 1940's and 1950's. Richard Attenborough plays Christie in a rather silent, but very menacing and psychological way. Director Richard Fleischer is not portraying a serial killer monster like Hannibal Lector, but rather a boring and nice guy who turning to a mentally disturbed and brutal serial killer.

The atmosphere in the dirty London suburbs is photographed in a very dark and intense way, as most of the scenes take place in Christie's old back street house. The calm music adds much atmosphere to the movie, and young John Hurt plays the husband of one of the victims. A forgotten genre jewel that is worth being discovered again, as it cannot be compared to many of those stylish current serial killer TV and movie productions.

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