A Is for Acid
Released: September 9, 2002Runtime: 99 min
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.
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Martin Clunes
as John George Haigh
Keeley Hawes
as Gillian Rogers
Richard Hope
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Celia Imrie
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John Flanagan
as Arnold Burlin
Rowena Cooper
as Mrs Durand-Deacon
Matyelok Gibbs
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Barbara Marten
as Emily Haigh
Geoff Holman
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Christopher Town
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