10 Rillington Place (Wide Screen)

Advantages: A true story
Disadvantages: Not a brilliant film

Introduction I imagine only a few young things will have not heard of John Reginald Christie, who murdered a young woman, Beryl Evans, and her baby and managed to get her husband Timothy accused of her murder. Timothy Evans was eventually hung for this and constituted one of the biggest travesties of justice that this country has seen; to the extent that it was one of the factors that led to the end of the death penalty. Directed by Richard Fleischer, ...
...about the life of Christie. The director Richard Fleischer died just a week or so ago of natural causes. He also directed The Jazz Singer and Conan the Destroyer. The story As the story is so well-known, there seems little point in hiding what happens - too late anyway, I've already told you in the first paragraph. The interesting (and gruesome) part of this film is finding out how the murders of Beryl Evans and her baby were committed, not least ... Read review

Advantages: something to watch
Disadvantages: see review

10 Rillington Place is an address that is well known, particularly among people born pre-war. For the address was a three storied house in Kensington – London. The house was the home of an average well respected couple – Mr and Mrs John Reginald Christie. He was a man of balding head with a lager than normal forehead; she was simply average with nothing differentiating her to anyone else in the street – except one hidden thing that no one knows about. ...
...Mrs Christie calls her husband) has a secret: While he’s wife is away in Sheffield visiting her sister, Reg invites a lady to his house with the pretence of helping her with some health problem. He succeeds in convincing her that he has the correct remedy for her complaint, and begins to set up his equipment. Firstly, put some white liquid in a clear glass jar, Add a couple of tube – one of which is connected to the gas and add a mask to the end ... Read review