10 Rillington Place Page #7

Synopsis: London, 1949. John Christie is an unassuming, middle-aged man who, along with his wife Ethel, lives in the ground-floor flat at 10 Rillington Place. His demeanor masks the fact of being a serial killer. His modus operandi is to act as a person with a medical background, lure unsuspecting women to his apartment on the pretense of curing them of some ailment, knock them unconscious with carbon monoxide gas, gain his sexual release through contact with the unconscious body, then strangle the victim dead before disposing of the body somewhere in the house or outside area. His next intended target is Beryl Evans, a young woman who has just moved into the top flat in the house. Beryl's husband, Tim Evans, is an illiterate man who likes to put on airs. Already with an infant daughter named Geraldine, the Evanses learn they are going to have another baby, which they cannot afford to have, nor can they afford to abort the pregnancy. This problem, on top of the constant issue of lack of money in
Director(s): Richard Fleischer
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
GP
Year:
1971
111 min
524 Views


Honestly, I'd do anything.

Well, you certainly do yourself

proud in here, I must say.

My wife's away.

I don't blame her.

You can keep that mattress

for a start.

It'd have the whole shop

running alive.

What's that mean?

Bedbugs.

L-Look, this is mahogany -

pure mahogany.

Oh, yeah. 10 quid the lot.

What, for everything?

Everything, bar that mattress -

It'll walk out by itself.

10 pounds - I -

Surely it must be worth 15.

Not to me, it isn't.

Well, I-l can't work.

I was wounded in the war.

That's tough luck, squire.

12's my top. Yes or no?

All right.

I'll have the van around

this afternoon.

1...2... 3...

I was, uh,

just looking through my papers.

Cuttings and things -

newspaper cuttings.

I was in all the papers

a few years back.

Murder trial it was -

A dreadful business, appalling.

Of course,

I was in the police once,

so I understand these things.

I have had a very...

varied life.

Funny, really.

In all the papers

a few years back,

and now...

Pigs.

Well, of course,

if that's the way

you're going to talk...

It's what I'd expect, of course.

Okay, just dump it here.

Really smells bad in here.

We'll soon get it cleaned up.

Cliff...

Hmm?

Go and get the police.

What are you doing,

looking for work?

My employment cards

haven't come through.

Well, what's your name?

John Waddington.

Have you got anything on you

to prove your identity?

No, nothing at all.

Take your hat off, will you?

You're Christie.

John Reginald Christie.

I shall have to take you

into custody.

Come along.

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Clive Exton

Clive Exton (11 April 1930 – 16 August 2007) was a British television and film screenwriter who wrote the scripts of Agatha Christie's Poirot, P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, and Rosemary & Thyme. more…

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