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Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Alex Chapple with Kathleen Robertson
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2002)
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Add to a movie listTorso: The Evelyn Dick Story is a 2002 crime thriller tv film that stars Kathleen Robertson. It is based on The 1946/1947 murder trial of Evelyn Dick that remains the most lurid murder case in Canadian history. After children find only the torso of her missing husband, John, Evelyn is arrested for his murder. The film was originally scheduled to be aired on September 11, 2001, but was delayed until March 18, 2002 due to the terrorist attacks on the original air date.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Kathleen Robertson
(Evelyn Dick)
Callum Keith Rennie
(Inspector Wood)
Brenda Fricker
(Alexandra MacLean)
Victor Garber
(J.J. Robinette)
Jonathan Potts
(Detective Sgt. Preston)
Hannah Lochner
(Heather Dick)
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