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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780773311695
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0773311696
Label: Bfs Entertainment
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Bfs Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 02, 2005
Running Time: 160 minutes
Sales Rank: 98420
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: November 12, 1998
Editorial Review:
Description:
As Seen on PBS Mystery! Based on a true story! Prince of Poisoners A Horrific Serial Killer in the 'Genteel' Victorian Era! Dr. William Palmer (Keith Allen - The Others) was a respectable, small-town physician and racehorse owner. Few guessed that Dr. Palmer had a dark, evil side. To the members of the polite Victorian society in which he moved, his true identity as a swindler and womaniser, who had cruelly murdered his mother-in-law, wife, brother and infant children, remained well hidden - until they began digging up the bodies.
Special Features: Cast Profiles
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - No antimony on my toast, please!
There's something mesmerizing about the personality of the poisoner, especially when he's a scientist/doctor. The clinical detachment all scientists need becomes sociopathic when the experimental question becomes: "What will happen when I put THIS much poison in my wife's jam, and how will the same dose affect my infant daughter? Will she lick my fingers, or will the taste make her spit it out?"
Dr. William Palmer, a young and skilled doctor who was at first an asset to the small town ... Read More
Rating:  - TOP NOTCH ENTERTAINMENT...
Keith Allen is a decidedly gifted actor, and perfectly cast in the unnerving lead, here. Well-supported by an equally strong cast. Solid directing. Beautiful, haunting score. The only complaint is that the story ended. But after murdering all those nice loved ones, I guess it was only a matter of time. This is rich, merciless stuff, indeed.
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