Based on the real-life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbors Tim and Beryl Evans.
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Title: 10 Rillington Place (1971)
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Cast
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| Richard Attenborough | ... | Christie | |
| Judy Geeson | ... | Beryl Evans | |
| John Hurt | ... | Timothy Evans | |
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Pat Heywood | ... | Ethel Christie |
| Isobel Black | ... | Alice | |
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Miss Riley | ... | Baby Geraldine |
| Phyllis MacMahon | ... | Muriel Eady (as Phyllis Macmahon) | |
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Ray Barron | ... | Workman Willis |
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Douglas Blackwell | ... | Workman Jones |
| Gabrielle Daye | ... | Mrs. Lynch | |
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Jimmy Gardner | ... | Mr. Lynch |
| Edward Evans | ... | Det. Inspector | |
| Tenniel Evans | ... | Det. Sergeant | |
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David Jackson | ... | Constable |
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Jack Carr | ... | Constable |
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London, 1949. John Christie is an unassuming, middle-aged man who, along with his wife Ethel, lives in the ground-floor flat at 10 Rillington Place. His demeanor masks the fact of being a serial killer. His modus operandi is to act as a person with a medical background, lure unsuspecting women to his apartment on the pretense of curing them of some ailment, knock them unconscious with carbon monoxide gas, gain his sexual release through contact with the unconscious body, then strangle the victim dead before disposing of the body somewhere in the house or outside area. His next intended target is Beryl Evans, a young woman who has just moved into the top flat in the house. Beryl's husband, Tim Evans, is an illiterate man who likes to put on airs. Already with an infant daughter named Geraldine, the Evanses learn they are going to have another baby, which they cannot afford to have, nor can they afford to abort the pregnancy. This problem, on top of the constant issue of lack of money ... Written by Huggo
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29 January 1971 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
L'étrangleur de Rillington Place See more »Company Credits
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Throughout the 1960s, filmmakers tried to set up this production, but the Christie case was still considered too disturbing for British audiences. See more »Goofs
In the Bar scene where Beryl and Tim agree to have the abortion done, Tim is seen drinking from an almost full glass of beer, then when the camera switches, it is almost empty, then it fills back up for the next shot. See more »Crazy Credits
Prologue to opening credits: "This is a true story Whenever possible the dialogue has been based on official documents" See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The zenith of British film making, 10 RILLINGTON PLACE (the location since re-named) is a true story. John Christie (who last time I was there was still a star exhibit at Madame Tussaud's waxworks museum in London) was the mega-ordinary, almost mousy south east Londoner who besides liking a good cuppa tea...killed people in his dingy little residence. Somewhat of a sexual predator (though this is hinted at, rather than depicted) Christie used his very basic scientific knowledge to offer "comfort" to such as pregnant young girls by way of his own in-house abortion that none actually survived. The case of young and fully dim-witted Timothy Evans (so brilliantly played by John Hurt) who comes to lodge and whose pretty young wife (Geeson) becomes another victim of the serial killer Christie represented the height of British injustice when Christie himself was able to manipulate the facts to point the finger of guilt at Evans himself and who was actually hanged for the murder of his wife and child. (The later-bestowed pardon would have been of little consequence I feel....the ultimate "too liitle too late")
The film's bleak depiction of immediate post-war Britain is just stunning, Attenborough deserved the Oscar for his amazing characterisation of Christie...a monster with a facade no-one thought to question. No clear-thinking and perceptive person could possibly watch this movie and not be affected in some way. The horror Is that there IS no horror, just a veneer of respectability and decency. I cannot offhand, nominate a more powerful or credible piece of film-making. We have this film in our library and watch it on average ever two years - it has never aged or been less impactful!