John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.
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Christopher Ettridge
- Steven Rogers
- (as Chris Ettridge)
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- GoofsIn 1945, the widow Olive Durand-Deacon describes her husband as having served in "The Glorious Glosters". Although a common nickname for the Gloucestershire Regiment, it derives from their heroism at the battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War - in 1951.
- Quotes
[for the third time, Haigh is in prison for fraud]
John George Haigh: Do you realise, without a body, there can be no conviction for murder?
Morrison: Blimey. Gerra way.
John George Haigh: It's true. The law is called "corpus delicti".
Morrison: So who are you gonna murder, then?
John George Haigh: Well, if you get 21 months for doing very little, might as well do something big.
- ConnectionsFeatures Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
- SoundtracksWhen the Lights Go On Again
(uncredited)
Performed by Vera Lynn
[detectives inspecting the first crime scene]
Featured review
A highly entertaining telling of a real life drama about a glamourous British serial killer. Not the most likely subject to tempt an audience but the production was put together with great attention to detail, perfectly capturing Britain in the 1940's, the props, clothes, cars and atmosphere all seeming perfectly genuine. Martin Clunes was superb as Haigh and the supporting cast all played their parts wonderfully well too. A rather unusual subject portrayed with a balanced perspective and having read accounts of the events surrounding Haigh I thought it was a great visualisation of the words I had read. Very interesting indeed.
- Bobby Beans
- Sep 10, 2002
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- Crimes Quase Perfeitos
- Filming locations
- Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Mills, Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK(Haigh's parents' house and neighbourhood)
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