A Is for Acid

Movie · Mystery · Drama

Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious "acid bath murderer" John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940's. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims, Mrs Durand-Deacon, failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.

2002 · 1h 38m
Director Harry Bradbeer

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A Is for Acid

Mystery

Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious "acid bath murderer" John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940's. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims, Mrs Durand-Deacon, failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.

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Studio
Miramax
Released
2002
Run Time
1 hr 38 min
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC, SDH)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.