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The Young Poisoner's Handbook

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 20, 1995

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

The Young Poisoner's Handbook

Production Companies

Eurimages, British Screen Productions, Kinowelt Filmproduktion, Mass Productions, Pandora Cinema, Haut et Court

Director

Benjamin Ross

Description

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.