10 Rillington Place begins in 1944 with John Christie murdering his neighbour Muriel Eady: he lures her to his flat in 10 Rillington Place by promising to cure her bronchitis with a "special mixture", then incapacitates her with Town Gas, strangles her with a piece of rope, and has (implied) sex with her corpse. He buries her in his flat block's communal garden, where a dog uncovers one of his previous victims. In 1949, Tim and Beryl Evans move into 10 Rillington Place, west London, with their infant daughter Geraldine. Beryl is pregnant again and attempts an abortion by taking some pills. When
Richard Fleischer It was popular but failed to recoup its enormous cost. Most acclaimed was "The Boston Strangler" (1968), with Tony Curtis. "Che!" (1969), a biopic of Che Guevera that starred Omar Sharif, was an expensive flop, as was an account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970). This was his last film for 20th Century Fox. Fleischer travelled to England, where he directed the acclaimed true-crime dramatization, "10 Rillington Place" (1971) starring Richard Attenborough. He then replaced John Huston, who had fallen out with star George C Scott, on "The Last Run" (1971). The thriller "See No Evil"