Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2001)
Directed by Alex Chapple
Genres - Drama, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Courtroom Drama, True Crime |
Run Time - 91 min. |
Countries - Canada |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Buzz McClain
In 1930s Hamilton, Ontario, after her husband's corpse is discovered in the woods without its head or limbs, beautiful would-be socialite Evelyn Dick (Kathleen Robertson) is arrested by Canadian police for the murder. Her ever-changing jailhouse testimony leads Inspector Woods (Callum Keith Rennie) in various directions as the devoted detective tries to piece together a coherent chain of events and motives. But once Dick's manipulative mother (Brenda Fricker) is implicated in the scheme, Dick's story changes again, this time with twist that leads to a tragic denouement. Her future in grave danger -- her sentence could be death by hanging -- Dick hires attorney J.J. Robinette (Victor Garber) for one last attempt at freedom.
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accusation, corpse, death-row, dismemberment, husband-and-wife, socialite