Dr. Crippen (1962 film) Dr. Crippen (1962 film) Dr. Crippen is a 1962 British biographical film directed by Robert Lynn and starring Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne and Samantha Eggar. The film's plot concerns the real-life Edwardian doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen, who was hanged in 1910 for the murder of his wife. The cinematography was provided by Nicolas Roeg. The film ostensibly covers Crippen’s trial but the story is fleshed out with flashbacks to the doctor’s relationship with his coarse, overbearing wife and his affair with a young mistress. Bosley Crowther in "The New York Times" wrote, "well, one must give good scores to Mr.
James Inglis (physician) he named after Christopher Rawson, the founder of the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society. Interested in phrenology, Dr. Inglis researched the brain of Eugene Aram, an infamous English murderer. Dr. Inglis was a Freemason and a past Master of the Yorkshire Lodge in Halifax. Dr. Inglis married Louisa Rawson (ca. 1826-1909), the daughter of Jeremiah Rawson, Esq., on 3 May 1842 at St. John the Baptist Church in Halifax. The couple had the following children: A great-granddaughter of Dr. Inglis was Surrealist performance artist Sheila Legge. A brother-in-law of Dr. Inglis, and a fellow physician, was Dr. Charles Ransford. Dr.