10 Rillington Place

"What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?"

1971 1h 51m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 224

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The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

“What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?”

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Cast

Richard Attenborough
John Christie
John Hurt
Timothy Evans
Judy Geeson
Beryl Evans
Pat Heywood
Ethel Christie
Isobel Black
Alice
Miss Riley
Baby Geraldine
André Morell
Judge Lewis
Robert Hardy
Malcolm Morris

Credits

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Director: Richard Fleischer
Writers: Clive Exton
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Fleischer, shot by Denys N. Coop. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Dankworth. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ernest Walter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Richard Attenborough and John Hurt and Judy Geeson carry the top of the cast.

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Marketing tagline: "What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?".

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IMDB entry: tt0066730 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Richard Fleischer directs. Denys N. Coop behind the camera. John Dankworth scores. Ernest Walter cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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155 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Richard Fleischer, shot by Denys N. Coop. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by John Dankworth. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Ernest Walter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Richard Attenborough and John Hurt and Judy Geeson carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?".
7IMDB entry: tt0066730 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Denys N. Coop
Original score: John Dankworth
Editing: Ernest Walter
Makeup / hair: Joan White
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: 10 Rillington Place (1971)

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CinemaSerf2023-05-29
★ 7/10
Richard Attenborough is superb in this creepy and true tale of John Christie. He lives with his wife Ethel (Pat Heywood) in the ground floor of the address where, above, a young couple of pregnant Beryl (Judy Gleeson) and Timothy Evans (John Hurt) have just moved in. Unbeknown to them, though, the outwardly affable Christie lives a double life. His other "career" is to help unfortunate women deal with ailments for which they cannot just go to their doctor. We assume that he gets his kicks whilst they are anaethetised and then they end up behind a false wall in his kitchen! It transpires that he might just be able to help the poverty stricken Evans's out - they cannot afford the child they already have, let along bring another into the world, and their rows are regularly heard by the entire street! Maybe Christie has a solution? Of course, by this stage we are fully aware of the real motives behind this proposed "generosity" and clearly it is all very perilous for Beryl, and quite possibly for her slightly flaky husband too. This story had a profound effect on the British public in 1949, when all this happened, and may well have hastened the abolition of the death penalty some 15 years later. The potent performances here make it very easy to see why. So often the victims were never reported missing, or if they were there was no connection to Christie as few of them ever told anyone else where they were going, or why! The truth only came to light after he had been evicted for unlawfully sub-letting their flat. It's a tough watch, this. Richard Fleischer doesn't offer us graphic imagery or audio, he allows our own well informed imagination to do most of the heavy lifting here, and that technique really works!

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