I'll never forget the look actress Pat heywood as (Mrs. Christie) gave her husband:
Christie: "I should be in hospital"
Mrs. Christie: "I know where you should be..." it was truly chilling, that look she conveyed to her creep of a husband.
Yes, but she never went to the police. I haven't read the book upon which the film is based but I assume that his wife would have had some inkling quite early that things were not right.
A very chilling film though.
(She) Mrs. Christie, never went to the Police alright, but she knew about the the death of Beryl Evans, (yet) Christie carried on killing...
shareYeah, at Evan's trial, when the defence were poking at Christie, it was his wife who piped up 'I'll have you know he's the most decent man' or words to that effect. The 'decent man' rewarded her for those comments, I don't think!
shareWhen you examine other cases, its amazing how many wives know their husbands maintain some diabolical secret, yet remain silent out of loyalty or misplaced affection. I don't think wives could be compelled to testify against their husbands back in the 1950's, but I'm sure they could volunteer.
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Yes, its very creepy. Then when he asks 'what's that supposed to mean?', she replies 'you know what I mean', I find even creepier. Something that I've never forgotton many years after I saw this for the first time because you know instantly, as John Hurt says in his commentary, that 'she's signed her own death warrant'. I thought Pat Heywood was very effective in this film.
SirJeremy: You are so correct! that response you mention from Mrs. Christie: "You know what I mean" it's horrible! it almost makes the viewer feel guilty! She knew alright..
In another similar scene: From the film 'Psycho': When Marion Crane escapes with $40,000 there is a scene where she stops at traffic lights and her boss is crossing; he spots her and gives her a very perplexed and quizzical look: meaning: 'Your supposed to be banking that money-what are you doing??'-it MAKES the viewer FEEL guilty! (Like you've 'wagged' off school-and you've been spotted..)
When I read the title of this thread I thought the line in question might be when Christie says to Timothy,
"Don't worry, we've never lost a father yet".
It's such a profoundly insensitive and uncaring joke to make considering that they're talking about Beryl having a 1 in 10 chance of dying during the abortion.
The fact that Tim is too simple to notice this ominous quip from Christie only makes the situation more tragic.
Great film. Brilliantly written from start to finish.
Yes; brilliant moment!
Born when she kissed me, died when she left me, lived whilst she loved me
While those two lines I agree are creepy/chilling, the part that I found to be the worst was Christie having that very noticeable relief-from-anxiety attack right there in the courtroom immediately after they found Mr. Evans guilty. If I were a policewoman I'd totally suspect that SOMETHING somewhere just isn't right with Christie, and would check into his activities a little further.
Howlin Wolf, I see that you are a "In a Lonely Place" fan. That's a great one, isn't it?
Christie's breakdown in court was the point in the movie when my unmoveable mate commented, "this film is disturbing".