True Crime on Film

An illustrated history of true crime in film, featuring films adapted from waxwork 'chamber of horrors' shows, the Dreyfus Affair, execution films, terrorists, assassins, murderers and embezzlers...

Presented by Michael Eaton, Vanessa Toulmin & Bryony Dixon.

An illustrated history of true crime in film, featuring films adapted from waxwork 'chamber of horrors' shows, the Dreyfus Affair, execution films, terrorists and assassins, murderers and embezzlers; with a particular focus on two specific villains (or people's heroes, depending on your point of view) - Charlie Peace and Thomas Goudie. True crime, as any publisher will tell you, is a licence to print money. And early film-makers knew this well. The strategies they used to sensationalise these stories were exactly the same as are used today.

Running time:

c95min