A Is for Acid
A Is for Acid
Release: 2002-09-09
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 6.8
Crime
Drama
TV Movie
Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Yorkshire Television
Cast
Claire Nielson
as Amy McSwan
Sally Carman
as Betty
Emma Cooke
as Mrs Louisa Bird
Celia Imrie
as Rose Henderson
Terence Beesley
as DS Heslin
Ken Drury
as Mr. Greig
Charles De'Ath
as Sgt Symes
Rowena Cooper
as Mrs. Durand-Deacon
Barbara Marten
as Emily Haigh
Donald Douglas
as William McSwan
Christopher Ettridge
as Steven Rogers (as Chris Ettridge)
Duggie Brown
as Morrison
Martin Clunes
as John George Haigh
Richard Hope
as Dr. Archie Henderson
Keeley Hawes
as Gillian Rogers
John Flanagan
as Arnold Burtin
Matyelok Gibbs
as Mrs Constance Lane
