The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Jan 20 1995
•2h 39m
•Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Cast
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Hugh O'Conor
Graham Young
Antony Sher
Dr. Ernest Zeigler
Ruth Sheen
Molly
Roger Lloyd Pack
Fred
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