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The Brides in the Bath

  • Téléfilm
  • 2003
  • 1h 39min
NOTE IMDb
6,5/10
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The Brides in the Bath (2003)
CrimeDramaMystery

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying ... Tout lireDramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.

  • Réalisation
    • Harry Bradbeer
  • Scénario
    • Glenn Chandler
  • Casting principal
    • Martin Kemp
    • Richard Griffiths
    • Charlotte Randle
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,5/10
    317
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Harry Bradbeer
    • Scénario
      • Glenn Chandler
    • Casting principal
      • Martin Kemp
      • Richard Griffiths
      • Charlotte Randle
    • 4avis d'utilisateurs
    • 1avis de critique
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    Martin Kemp
    Martin Kemp
    • George Joseph Smith
    Richard Griffiths
    Richard Griffiths
    • Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
    Charlotte Randle
    Charlotte Randle
    • Bessie Mundy
    Emma Owen
    • Alice Burnham
    • (as Emma Ferguson)
    Jennifer Calvert
    Jennifer Calvert
    • Caroline Thornhill
    Susan Brown
    Susan Brown
    • Mrs Crossley
    Carolyn Backhouse
    Carolyn Backhouse
    • Margaret Lofty
    Tracey Wilkinson
    Tracey Wilkinson
    • Edith Smith
    Peter Wight
    Peter Wight
    • Charles Burnham
    Joanna David
    Joanna David
    • Elizabeth Burnham
    James Woolley
    • Mr Archibald Bodkin
    Howard Gay
    • Montague Shearman
    Philip Voss
    Philip Voss
    • Mr Justice Scrutton
    Lisa Ellis
    Lisa Ellis
    • Maisy Crossley
    Alan McKenna
    Alan McKenna
    • DI Arthur Neil
    Ian Connaughton
    • Travers Humphries
    Anthony Calf
    Anthony Calf
    • Howard Mundy
    Timothy Kightley
    • Mr Wilkinson
    • Réalisation
      • Harry Bradbeer
    • Scénario
      • Glenn Chandler
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    5Prismark10

    The Brides in the Bath

    Martin Kemp met a fiery end in Eastenders. Mainly because he hopped over to ITV on a golden handcuffs deal.

    The true story of George Joseph Smith was a star vehicle for Martin Kemp. A period piece where he played a charming serial killer of not too bright women who wanted a bit of rough.

    Smith was a serial bigamist. He quickly charmed the ladies and married them. Some with means of their own so he can inherit after their death. Others who he took out a life insurance policy. They later drowned in the bath, made to look like an accidental death. One of his 'wives' suffered from 'brief blackouts.'

    The case is framed with Smith standing trial for murder. He is defended by the legal heavyweight Edward Marshall-Hall (Richard Griffiths.)

    I found the whole thing very vanilla. Smith meets a woman, she desires him and rapidly marries a man who she know nothing about. Her family are suspicious about him, his means and motives. After the wife dies. Her family only find out about the death, long after the coroner's verdict. By which time Smith is eyeing up his next victim or goes back to one of his wife that he has not killed.

    The script is very meat and potatoes. The only flourish is a mother and daughter talking about Dr Crippen while Smith his drowning his wife upstairs.

    The casting of Griffiths is all wrong for Marshall-Hall.
    9Sleepin_Dragon

    .... I'll take a shower if that's ok....

    An excellent adaptation of the chilling story, of one man's greed for money, and the horrific crimes he committed to fulfill his list for money.

    If you're a fan of the Granada Television historical dramas, Sherlock Holmes, Dandelion Dead etc you will very likely enjoy this.

    It's very nicely made, with superb production values, gorgeous costumes and lavish sets, the whole thing looks amazing.

    Superbly acted, Martin Kemp is perfection in the role, handsome, charismatic, and totally believable.

    George Joseph Smith, a true monster in history, this will give you an idea of the man.

    Excellent, 9/10.
    wellthatswhatithinkanyway

    Go and take a bath instead

    STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

    Originally broadcast on New Years Eve,this true-life tale charts the account of the 1915 trial and execution of George Smith,played by Martin Kemp (Abbey National must have ran out of stuff to flog.)Smith murdered his three wives by drowning them in bathtubs in order to reap the financial benefits each respective one of them represented.

    It starts off fairly interestingly,but for some totally weird,unexplainable reason,by the time the second half has come round,the script sort of malfunctions and it becomes weirdly uninteresting,leaving the viewer forced to suffer it through to the final hurdle.Or just switch it off.**
    7Philby-3

    Who says the English don't bathe?

    This well-made Yorkshire TV movie was made by Glenn Chandler and Harry Bradbeer,the same writer/director team that produced "A is for Acid" on another British serial killer, John Haigh a year before. This time they have constructed the piece more artfully, using the trial as a base and telling the story via flashbacks (the trial in the Haigh case, where the only issue was his sanity, was not shown). This enables the inclusion of Edward Marshall Hall, one of the most famous barristers of his time and Smith's defence counsel as a character, though he in reality played a small and undistinguished part in the story.

    Smith preyed on a certain type of genteel single woman, pretty, but almost on the shelf at 30 or so, with some family money tucked away, anxious to escape from their family or the servitude of being some demanding old lady's companion. In one case, Bessie Munday, Smith absconded with her goods after their "marriage", yet she welcomed him back 12 months later – with fatal results. The best things about this film are the performances of the five actresses who play the "wives", for they manage to convey how someone like Smith could get away with it (though like Haigh he did it once too often). Wife number 2, Edith, to whom George returned between bride drownings, remained loyal even when George was in the dock.

    Martin Kemp ("Eastenders"), as Smith, and with a small moustache, bears an unfortunate resemblance to the late Adolf Hitler, or rather he looks as Hitler (aged about 40) would have looked had he been better looking. He's fine in the part of Smith and has much more of an emotional range than Martin Clunes did as Haigh. Again though, there is something of a veil over what makes him tick. Smith was a career criminal who had his first spell in a reformatory at the age of 9 – it seems his deceit and robbery modus operandi degenerated over time into drowning as well as fleecing his victims. It seems "ordinary decent criminals" can go bad if they are not stopped in time.

    One interesting aspect of the investigation was the part played by a youngish Bernard Spilsbury, the famous Home Office pathologist, in working out how Smith had managed to drown his victims. Acting on Spilsbury's advice, Detective Neil ran a series of re-enactments using female swimmers. He discovered that the key was the element of surprise – a sharp tug on the ankles followed by immersion of the head could result in almost instant unconsciousness. The re-enactment is shown in the film but with no real explanation of what was discovered. Spilsbury's contribution is not mentioned.

    Another interesting aspect of the case was that Smith, under the criminal procedure of the day, could only be charged with one murder at a time. If there had only been evidence of one brides' death in the bath Smith might very well been acquitted. But the prosecution was allowed to put in evidence of two of the other deaths as "similar facts" – to show that what happened was systematic conduct, not a mere accident.

    .The attempt to use Marshall Hall to provide a bit of interest is a dismal failure – Richard Griffiths, who can be wonderful in the right part, is completely miscast – Marshall Hall was smooth and eloquent, not an obese figure of fun with a whoopee cushion, and his role is almost incidental, even as portrayed in the film. There wasn't much counsel could do in what was an open and shut case (the jury was out for 20 minutes).

    For dramatic purposes the film alters the story somewhat. It has two of the wives meeting up at the trial; Caroline Thornhill, his only legal wife, who fled to Canada in 1903 after giving evidence against Smith in an earlier case, and the loyal Edith, who is left at the end of the film standing in a bit of a daze. It is apparently true, however, that the day after Smith was executed, Caroline, now a widow, married her Canadian soldier boyfriend.

    The social milieu that allowed a villain like Smith to prosper is long gone, but serial killers will probably always be with us – the circumstances required to produce them still seem to be around. Ted Bundy, unlike Smith, didn't do it for the money, but he had the same fatal charm.

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    • Gaffes
      Given that the events take place between 1913 and 1915, we should not see a steam train bearing the British Railways logo.
    • Bandes originales
      Beside the Seaside
      Sung by Anna in the tub

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    • Date de sortie
      • 31 décembre 2003 (Royaume-Uni)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Den mördande bigamisten
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Nunnington Hall, Nr.York, North Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(location - used early on in film, in scenes with Bessie Mundy at river)
    • Société de production
      • Yorkshire Television (YTV)
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