10 Rillington Place Page #2

Synopsis: London, 1949. John Christie is an unassuming, middle-aged man who, along with his wife Ethel, lives in the ground-floor flat at 10 Rillington Place. His demeanor masks the fact of being a serial killer. His modus operandi is to act as a person with a medical background, lure unsuspecting women to his apartment on the pretense of curing them of some ailment, knock them unconscious with carbon monoxide gas, gain his sexual release through contact with the unconscious body, then strangle the victim dead before disposing of the body somewhere in the house or outside area. His next intended target is Beryl Evans, a young woman who has just moved into the top flat in the house. Beryl's husband, Tim Evans, is an illiterate man who likes to put on airs. Already with an infant daughter named Geraldine, the Evanses learn they are going to have another baby, which they cannot afford to have, nor can they afford to abort the pregnancy. This problem, on top of the constant issue of lack of money in
Director(s): Richard Fleischer
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
GP
Year:
1971
111 min
499 Views


She's having a bit

of a lie-down.

She's not feeling too grand.

What's all this, then?

I'm all right.

I'm just having a lie-down.

What's all this about

the furniture money, then?

The what?

You know bloody well what,

so give me all that!

The man was here.

Six weeks, it hasn't been paid.

And I slaved my guts out

for that money, my girl.

So do I.

4 pounds 10 a week to feed you,

pay the rent,

handle the installments,

and buy everything

for the baby...

and another one on the way.

Yes, that's right-

Another one on the way.

We - We can't have

another kid yet.

Well, that's exactly what

we're going to get...

unless I do something about it.

Do something?

Do what?

Oh, never mind what.

She wants to go to bed now.

Do what?!

Tim, there are things

you can do.

Oh, no, you don't, my lady.

Well, it's my choice, isn't it?

Anyway, I've done it.

I've taken some pills.

What do you think

I'm lying here for?

You didn't even ask me!

You didn't even tell me!

Ask you?! Do I have to ask

your permission?!

Yes, you bloody do!

Does she know about this?!

Leave Alice out of this!

You knew about this, didn't you?!

No.

Leave Alice alone!

She's staying here the night

to look after me!

No, she's not! I know her sort!

What's that meant to mean?!

Never you mind!

Now look what you've done!

Get out and leave Alice alone!

I wouldn't touch her

with a barge pole!

I better go.

No! He can sleep in the kitchen!

I'm not sleeping anywhere!

I'm not coming back! Good!

Bloody old cow!

I'm not the sort of man

who can make due

with just one woman.

No? Go on!

No, it's in the family, see?

Take my brother.

He's paying out hundreds a year

in alimony.

Well, thousands.

Mind you, I'm fly.

What do you think I've got

waiting for me when I get home?

The rent collector?

Rent collector -

He's a bit of a humorist,

our Wally.

Tucked up nice and warm

in bed with the wife.

That's what I said -

the rent collector.

I'll hit you in a minute!

Go it, Taffy.

No, there's two of them, see?

There's Beryl and this other

little dark one - Alice -

just lying there waiting for it,

crying out for it.

Three in a bed, eh?

How about that?

You can have

my old woman if you like.

That will make up the set.

Thanks very much.

I'll take you up on that

one day.

Oh, well, if you're traveling

around like me,

you know, it's, uh,

Brighton one day

and Birmingham the next.

You usually manage

to pick up a bit on the way.

That's not all you pick up

if you go on like that.

Oh, no, no, no.

These aren't scrubbers

like you might get, man.

These is ladies - rich ladies.

You know, get bored -

They're wanting a bit of fun.

Elegant, but, uh, passionate.

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Clive Exton

Clive Exton (11 April 1930 – 16 August 2007) was a British television and film screenwriter who wrote the scripts of Agatha Christie's Poirot, P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, and Rosemary & Thyme. more…

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