The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Meet Graham. He's not your ordinary teenager.
6.6
55 votes
1995
1h 39m
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Overview
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.
Directed by Benjamin Ross
Top 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. DexterT
Tobias Arnold
Young GrahamN
Norman Caro
Mr. GoezD
Dorothea Alexander
Mrs. GoezS
Samantha Edmonds
Sue
Peter Pacey
Dickie Boone
Joost Siedhoff
Dr. Scott
Vilma Hollingbery
Aunty Panty
Frank Mills
Uncle Jack
Rupert Farley
Nurse Trent
Malcolm Sinclair
Dr. TriefusDetails
Status
Released
Release date
January 20, 1995
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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