The Young Poisoner's Handbook

Directed by Benjamin Ross

Written by Jeff Rawle, Benjamin Ross

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.

Cast

Hugh O'Conor

Graham Young

Antony Sher

Dr. Ernest Zeigler

Ruth Sheen

Molly

Roger Lloyd Pack

Fred

Charlotte Coleman

Winnie

Paul Stacey

Dennis

John Thomson

Nathan

Jack Deam

Mick

Charlie Creed-Miles

Berridge

Robert Demeger

Mr. Dexter

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Tobias Arnold

Young Graham

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Norman Caro

Mr. Goez