A Is for Acid
21 votes
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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2002-09-09
Runtime: 99 mins
Director: Harry Bradbeer
Writer: Glenn Chandler
Spoken language: English,
Genres: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Original title: A Is for Acid
Production Companies: Yorkshire Television
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Martin Clunes
Keeley Hawes
Richard Hope
Celia Imrie
Rowena Cooper
John Flanagan
Terence Beesley
Matyelok Gibbs
Barbara Marten
Geoff Holman
Christopher Town
Ken Drury
Neil McKinven
Claire Nielson
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