The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

6.7/10 • 99 min • Comedy Crime Drama

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.

Cast

Hugh O'Conor

Antony Sher

Dr. Ernest Zeigler

Ruth Sheen

Roger Lloyd Pack

Charlotte Coleman

Paul Stacey

John Thomson

Jack Deam

Charlie Creed-Miles

Robert Demeger

Mr. Dexter

Peter Pacey

Joost Siedhoff

Vilma Hollingbery

Frank Mills

Rupert Farley

Malcolm Sinclair

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