A Is for Acid

TV Movie
2002
Not Rated
1h 39m

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John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.

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7/10

Mysterious Murderer

A Is For Acid, 2002, 2 hrs. Based on a true story. Martin Clunes is solid as the serial killer. I thoroughly enjoyed this British drama. I can't call it a thriller because it was not tense. This murder mystery can be seen at night before bedtime without getting nightmares. I really appreciated the way the director told this story with his camera in a clear, understandable and simple fashion. The camera went from point A to point B to point C, following the action of the story. Clunes was a murderer but not a menace. Pleasant, in fact. I loved the smart brother who saw right through this mysterious murderer.

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In 1945, the widow Olive Durand-Deacon describes her husband as having served in "The Glorious Glosters". Although a common nickname for the Gloucestershire Regiment, it derives from their heroism at the battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War - in 1951.

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[for the third time, Haigh is in prison for fraud]
John George Haigh: Do you realise, without a body, there can be no conviction for murder?
Morrison: Blimey. Gerra way.
John George Haigh: It's true. The law is called "corpus delicti".
Morrison: So who are you gonna murder, then?
John George Haigh: Well, if you get 21 months for doing very little, might as well do something big.