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
Charles De'Ath
as Sgt Symes
Keeley Hawes
as Gillian Rogers
Celia Imrie
as Rose Henderson
Claire Nielson
as Amy McSwan
Sally Carman
as Betty
Duggie Brown
as Morrison
Emma Cooke
as Mrs Louisa Bird
Matyelok Gibbs
as Mrs Constance Lane
Donald Douglas
as William McSwan
Rowena Cooper
as Mrs. Durand-Deacon
Ken Drury
as Mr. Greig
Martin Clunes
as John George Haigh
Richard Hope
as Dr. Archie Henderson
John Flanagan
as Arnold Burtin
Terence Beesley
as DS Heslin
Barbara Marten
as Emily Haigh
Christopher Ettridge
as Steven Rogers (as Chris Ettridge)
