Dr. Crippen

If you want to remember your wife, send flowers. If you want to dismember her… see Dr. Crippen

Mild-mannered doctor Hawley Crippen grows increasingly desperate in his unhappy marriage, leading him to murder his overbearing wife and flee with his young lover. As suspicions rise and the couple escapes aboard a transatlantic ship, a relentless detective begins closing in. Based on a true story, the film blends psychological tension and period detail in a grim portrait of a notorious crime.