Dr. Crippen

"The crime of the century - but was it an accident?"

On trial for the murder of his wife Belle, recalls their life in north London: her affairs with other men, the way she treated him little better than a servant, their reconciliations, her insistent and abhorrent sexual claims on him. At the same time Crippen remembers his love affair with his typist, Ethel Le Neve, which develops as Belle's drunkenness and hysteria worsen. Offering her one of his assorted quack remedies, Crippen later finds Belle dead. Panicked, he dismembers her body and buries her in the basement of their house before setting sail to the continent with his lover. DR. CRIPPEN begs the question Britain has been asking for decades: was Belle's death murder, or a horrible accident?

Details

Format: Blu Ray
Genre:
Rating: PG
Release Date: 21 02 2024
Production Year: 1963
Distributor: 98
Directors: English
Rating Advice: Infrequent Coarse Language| Mild Themes
Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
Directors: Robert Lynn

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, Coral Browne, Donald Wolfit, James Robertson Justice, John Arnatt, Paul Carpenter, Oliver Johnston, John Lee, Olga Lindo, Elspeth March, Geoffrey Toone, Edward Underdown, Douglas Bradley-Smith, Hamilton Dyce, Basil Henson, Totti Truman Taylor, Edward Cast, Colin Rix, Betty Baskcomb, Basil Beale, Terence Brook, Eric Dodson, Max Faulkner, Dave Griffiths, Patrick Halpin, Gerry Judge, Alan Meacham, John More, Lola Morice, Edward Ogden, Bill Rayment, Guy Standeven, Peter Stockbridge, John Tatham, Eric Wetherell, Ian Whittaker, Brook Williams