The Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1995-01-20
Runtime: 99 mins
Director: Benjamin Ross
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original title: The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Production Companies: Eurimages, British Screen Productions, Kinowelt, Mass Productions, Pandora Cinema, Haut et Court
Production Countries: France, Germany, United Kingdom
Cast
Hugh O'Conor
Antony Sher
Ruth Sheen
Roger Lloyd Pack
Charlotte Coleman
Paul Stacey
John Thomson
Jack Deam
Charlie Creed-Miles
Robert Demeger
Tobias Arnold
Norman Caro
Dorothea Alexander
Samantha Edmonds
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