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| The Brides in the Bath | |
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| Screenplay by | Glenn Chandler |
| Directed by | Harry Bradbeer |
| Starring | Martin Kemp Tracey Wilkinson Charlotte Randle Emma Ferguson |
| Theme music composer | Richard Taylor |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | David Reynolds Alan Dossor |
| Cinematography | Robin Vidgeon |
| Editor | David Aspinall |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company | Yorkshire Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 31 December 2003 (2003-12-31) |
The Brides in the Bath is a 2003television film byYorkshire Television forITV, based on the life andtrial ofBritishserial killer andbigamistGeorge Joseph Smith, the "Brides in the Bath Murderer".Martin Kemp plays the role of Smith, andRichard Griffiths plays barristerSir Edward Marshall-Hall. The film was directed byHarry Bradbeer, and written byGlenn Chandler.[1][2]
Set to portray coastalWeymouth, filming took place inYorkshire locations ofBridlington,Filey andScarborough from June to mid-July, 2003.[3]Bradford City Hall inBradford, doubled for the court room and holding cells of theOld Bailey in theCity of London.[4][5][6]
The film focuses on the trial of George Smith and flashbacks showing how he met each of his wives. Smith is married to his wife Edith. He often goes away on the pretext of business. Whilst he is away he meets wealthy women, marries them within a few weeks, insures their lives and then drowns them in the bath. He returns with the insurance money (sometimes he brings the latest victims' possessions to Edith as gifts). He is eventually arrested and ultimately hanged for his crimes. At the trial it is revealed that his marriage to Edith is bigamous; in total he had eight wives, most of whom he left after stealing all of their possessions.[7]
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