A Is for Acid
Sep 09 2002
•2h 39m
•Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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.
Cast
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Martin Clunes
John George Haigh
Keeley Hawes
Gillian Rogers
Richard Hope
Dr. Archie Henderson
Celia Imrie
Rose Henderson
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