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Post by Arthur Pringle on Dec 14, 2016 23:56:42 GMT
It's in the last few mins of the film that Rudolph Walker discovers the bodies, though it could easily have been put at the front of the film. In fact I think the film is wrapped up too quickly, less time should've been spent on the court proceedings & more on Christie's decline. It's still a very good film but I think I enjoyed it more watching it on ITV in the late 80's, when you don't know anything about the film or Christie it has more of an impact. I also think seeing a film like this in HD makes it seem more respectable, sanitises it somehow.
Interesting that you spoke to John Hurt's dad Charles, did you know he was his dad at the time? I don't suppose you'd ask him about his son at an ocassion like that in any case.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Dec 15, 2016 19:22:27 GMT
It's in the last few mins of the film that Rudolph Walker discovers the bodies, though it could easily have been put at the front of the film. In fact I think the film is wrapped up too quickly, less time should've been spent on the court proceedings & more on Christie's decline. It's still a very good film but I think I enjoyed it more watching it on ITV in the late 80's, when you don't know anything about the film or Christie it has more of an impact. I also think seeing a film like this in HD makes it seem more respectable, sanitises it somehow. Interesting that you spoke to John Hurt's dad Charles, did you know he was his dad at the time? I don't suppose you'd ask him about his son at an ocassion like that in any case. Yes we did know Arthur. I think Hurt's dad had semi retired by then, and he was just helping out as a sort of assistant Vicar in that parish along side the proper Vicar. This was in the eighties. I remember us asking him about his son John, but I can't remember too much of his replies except him saying that Hurt got some really good parts. Strangely enough, about ten years later, there was a murder at the church that made top national news. A very well educated and talented new Vicar at the church, was knifed to death after answering the Vicarage door one evening to a down and out who was on the cadge. Apparently the guy was pestering this Vicar all the time. I think he might have been on drugs or something and wanted money to buy more. This was in the City of Liverpool by the way. (Sorry if I went too much off thread there.) Charles.
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Post by Gene Hunt on May 6, 2018 6:35:17 GMT
I rewatched the original film of 10 Rillington Place recently and it really is a good film. Attenborough is really good in it, and John Hurt is about the best I've seen him in anything without too much of the theatricals this time. One thing I did notice was one of the characters in the scene where Evans is with friends in a pub is actually the one and only John Thaw. He's not credited at the end of the film, neither is he credited on the 10 Rillington Place page on IMDB (even though two of the other blokes in the scene are), and it's not on John's IMDB page either. Here he is on the right of the frame: Gene.
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Post by Bojan Scores on May 7, 2018 19:28:25 GMT
Great spot, never noticed that as I’m a big fan of the film. Pierrepoint with Tim Spall is a terrific film that compliments a viewing of 10 Rillington Place.
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