Period crime drama. True story of George Joseph Smith who in the early 1900’s married a succession of women, three of whom he murdered in their bath shortly afterwards to receive their inheritance or collect on a life insurance policy he had taken out on them. He was found guilty and hanged in 1915.
production details
UK | ITV1 | 1×120 minutes | Broadcast 31 December 2003
Writer: Glenn Chandler
Producer: Alan Dossor
Director: Harry Bradbeer
cast
Martin Kemp as George Smith
Tracey Wilkinson as Edith Smith
Richard Griffiths as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
Joanna David as Elizabeth Burnbam
Alan McKenna as DI Arthur Neil
Anthony Calf as Howard Munday
Helen Ryan as Mrs. Farraday
Peter Wight as Charles Burnham
Jennifer Calvert as Caroline Thornhill
Carolyn Backhouse as Margaret Lofty
Charlotte Randle as Bessie Mundy
Emma Ferguson as Alice Burnham
