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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767015936
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0767015932
Label: A & E Home Video
Manufacturer: A & E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A & E Home Video
Release Date: July 25, 2001
Sales Rank: 32106
Studio: A & E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1998
Editorial Review:
Description:
In the class-conscious world of Victorian England, the Ellison family is painfully aware of their respectable place in the comfortable London neighborhood of Cater Street. But when a young woman is garroted nearby, it is the beginning of a remarkable sequence of events that will see their world shattered. At first, the Ellisons dismiss the murder as the result of the victim's impropriety after all, a real lady simply couldn't be the victim of such a tragedy. But when the killer strikes again, he takes the life of the Ellison's maid, and a gruff, no-nonsense police inspector with no care for anything but solving the crime comes calling. Inspector Pitt makes it clear that no one is above suspicion, and though some in the family object strenuously to a man of his position asking questions, their answers suggest that not all is being revealed. And when Pitt and one of the Ellison daughters start to fall for each other, a complicated case gets even stickier? Based on Anne Perry's critically acclaimed novel of the same name, the first in a series of Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Cater Street Hangman
I have been reading Anne Perry's Thomas and Charlotte Pitt mystery series. This movie gave me some faces to put with my reading.
Rating: - Murder, Mayhem, Mystery, Romance, and Suspense
and history. This movie combines all the above in one, and maintains a level of enjoyment that is unadulterated by gratuitous sex and violence. The story of a young woman of a good family who is constrained by the cultural mores of her time, struggling to find her place in the midst of a serial killer is interesting for the insight into the Victorian Era, and the development of the crimes. Her introduction to a completely "unsuitable" hero as the crime is solved hold ones attention and interest.
Rating:  - A good dramatization of an excellent book
Most of the time, when I hear the words, "Based on the book by..." I cringe and turn the channel. Not so with 'The Cater Street Hangman'. While not entirely true to the Anne Perry book, it contained most of the major details and was suspenseful enought to make the ending rather shocking. The casting was good (although I must admit that I always pictured Thomas Pitt as being a polite but rather unremarkable-looking man - which he wasn't in the movie!). Charlotte was wonderful. I would very much ... Read More
Rating: - Enjoyable adaptation, wished it were more faithful to the no
I thoroughly enjoyed this television adaptation of the novel. I liked that the producers took the time to show how important class distinctions were to Victorians. The costumes were lovely, the overall story remained intact, and I liked the actors who portrayed the main characters very much--they were exactly how I imagined Thomas Pitt and Charlotte Ellison to look and behave! Charlotte was portrayed with the spirit she shows in the novel, and Thomas was equally well portrayed as compassionate and understanding. ... Read More
Rating: - quite good, but don't like the changed ending
As a big fan of Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, I awaited the TV version of The Cater Street Hangman with interest. As a whole I was quite pleased. The characters looked exactly as I pictured them and the acting and casting were excellent. However, I must confess to a slight sense of disappointment with the ending. In the TV version, it turns out that the murderer is killing young girls because she thinks they are after her husband, while in the book it is clear she is trying to destroy them because she is attracted to ... Read More
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