10 Rillington Place
Born Today
Home / 10 Rillington Place

10 Rillington Place

Year:
Duration:
111 min
Genres:
Biography | Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1971-03-05
Filming Locations: 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Judy Geeson
Judy Geeson
10 Rillington Place
Richard Attenborough
Christie
John Hurt
Timothy Evans
Pat Heywood
Ethel Christie
Isobel Black
Alice
Miss Riley
Baby Geraldine
Phyllis MacMahon
Muriel Eady (as Phyllis Macmahon)
Ray Barron
Workman Willis
Douglas Blackwell
Workman Jones
Gabrielle Daye
Mrs. Lynch
Jimmy Gardner
Mr. Lynch
Edward Evans
Police: Det. Inspector
Tenniel Evans
Police: Det. Sergeant
David Jackson
Police: Constable
Jack Carr
Police: Constable
George Lee
Police: Constable
Richard Coleman
Police: Constable
André Morell
Old Bailey: Judge Lewis
Robert Hardy
Old Bailey: Malcolm Morris
Geoffrey Chater
Old Bailey: Christmas Humphreys
Basil Dignam
Medical Board
Norman Henry
Medical Board
Edward Burnham
Medical Board
Edwin Brown
Hangman
Norma Shebbeare
Woman In Cafe
Sam Kydd
Furniture Dealer
Rudolph Walker
West Indian
Tommy Ansah
West Indian
Reg Lye
Tramp
Margaret Boyd
Old Lady (uncredited)
Edward Cast
Plainclothes Sergeant (uncredited)
Uel Deane
Irish Tenor (uncredited)
Arthur Gross
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Fred Hugh
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Robin Keston
Boy (uncredited)
Samantha Keston
Urchin (uncredited)
Howard Lang
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
According to the commentary by John Hurt on the DVD, real-life retired executioner Albert Pierrepoint was a technical advisor for the execution scene. This scene was the first British people had seen in a cinema of a British hanging, and as it was still covered under the government's Official Secrets Act, no details regarding the scene were available. This is where Pierrepoint came in, under an assumed name, and was able to re-create the harrowing scene to maximize the true terror of what it must have been like.
Share this
One a handful of pictures directed by Richard Fleischer that dealt with the subject matter of real life murder cases. The movies include Compulsion (1959), The Boston Strangler (1968), 10 Rillington Place (1971) and The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955).
Share this
The landmark legal case that the film is based on is, according to website 'Wikipedia', "one of the first major miscarriages of justice known to have occurred in the immediate [WWII] postwar period".
Share this
Goofs
At the end of the film where Christie is arrested, the police constable leads him away from Putney Bridge (seen in the background). Putney police station is, in fact in the opposite direction in the Upper Richmond Road. The direction the constable takes Christie in the film would only lead down the river towpath towards Hammersmith.
Share this
Christie is wearing a police uniform when Muriel Eady comes to the house in the opening scenes but he had already long left the police by this time. Muriel would have known this as she and Christie met when they both worked for the same employer.
Share this
When Christie is murdering Muriel Eady he uses a breathing mask as a gas mask connected to the cooking gas mains, over Muriel's face. But just as she begins to succumb her nose appears above the mask, which would allow her to breathe normally.
Share this
Quotes
Det. Inspector: Well now, the drain where you said you put your wife's body, its been examined, there's nothing there.
Share this
Beryl Evans: you look like Gregory Peck. Around your eyes I mean.
Share this
Beryl Evans: What's that for?
Share this
Photos from cast
Judy Geeson
half moon clipart png moon clipart cartoon moon clipart high res moon png