Film Forum

U.K., 1971
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Starring Richard Attenborough, John Hurt, Judy Geeson
Approx. 111 min.

“What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?” queried the ads. Two guesses. In 1948, Welsh blue collar worker John Hurt and wife Judy Geeson, lodgers upstairs from mild-mannered John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough) and wife, already have trouble making ends meet when Geeson discovers she’s in the family way—but ever-helpful Christie offers a homemade do-it-yourself abortion. And then... Ultra low-key—but all the more menacing—account of the notorious serial murder case, filmed in the actual locations.

Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

Reviews

“Fleischer’s drama is still the ultimate in British true crime drama: a disturbing parable that eschews the sensationalism of many equivalent projects in favour of a commitment to the truth behind the headlines, making it all the more chilling.”
– BBC