Review of 10 Rillington Place (1971) by Stephen C — 23 Jan 2012
After the success of the Boston Strangler ,Director Richad Fleischer went back to the serail Killer well with this bleak story of John Christie who,s cold bloodied murders caused one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history when Timothy Evans was sent to the gallows for killing his wife and child.
Christie is played by Richard Attenborough and its quite possibly his best performance as he is truly terrfying as the silken voiced murderer.
Attenborough freely admits he had trouble with the role ,but my god he is totally belivable as he gasses and rapes innocent women to feed his twisted passions.
John Hurt is good value too as the doomed Timothy Evans ,a barely literate patsy who pays the ultimate price for Christies wrongdoings.
Fleischer handles the film with great panache and the post war period detail is superbly handled with grimy buildings and interiors adding to the overall doomy atmosphere.
One of the best British films of the period and a great arguement against capital punishment.
This review of 10 Rillington Place (1971) was written by Stephen C on 23 Jan 2012.
10 Rillington Place has generally received very positive reviews.
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