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The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

Drama Crime Comedy

Meet Graham. He's not your ordinary teenager.

Release Date: 1995, January 20
Directors: Benjamin Ross
Countries: Germany, France, United Kingdom
Production: Eurimages, British Screen Productions, Kinowelt, Mass Productions, Pandora Cinema, Haut et Court
Cast: Ruth Sheen, Simon Kunz, Tim Potter, Roger Lloyd Pack, Hazel Douglas, Charlie Creed-Miles, Malcolm Sinclair, Rupert Farley, Peter Pacey, Mark Chapman, John Abbott, John Thomson

Overview:

Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.

Keywords:

based on true story murder serial killer london, england mental institution poison psychiatrist stepmother social misfit poisoner