“Meet Graham. He's not your ordinary teenager.”
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
6.6
55 votes·1995
·1h 39m
·MovieComedyCrimeDrama
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.
Keywords
london, englandpoisonstepmotherbased on true storymurdermental institutionserial killerpsychiatristsocial misfitpoisoner
Cast
Hugh O'Conor
Graham Young
Antony Sher
Dr. Ernest Zeigler
Ruth Sheen
Molly
Roger Lloyd Pack
Fred
Charlotte Coleman
Winnie
Paul Stacey
Dennis
John Thomson
Nathan
Jack Deam
Mick
Charlie Creed-Miles
Berridge
Robert Demeger
Mr. Dexter
Tobias Arnold
Young Graham
Norman Caro
Mr. Goez
Dorothea Alexander
Mrs. Goez
Samantha Edmonds
Sue
Peter Pacey
Dickie Boone
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