Dandelion Dead

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Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
7.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour
Release Year:
1994
Dandelion Dead (1994)

This is a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor and magistrate's clerk who lived in the small Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye. In 1921 he was arrested and charged with poisoning his domineering wife, Catherine, and later attempting to poison a business rival, Oswald Martin, by administering arsenic to them. At his trial, Armstrong claimed that he had bought the arsenic simply to kill the dandelions on his lawn. However he was convicted of murder and executed in 1922.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
UK
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Genre:
Release Date:

30 Oct 1994

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Main Actors:

Michael Kitchen, Sarah Miles, David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp

Plot:

This is a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor and magistrate's clerk who lived in the small Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye. In 1921 he was arrested and charged with poisoning his domineering wife, Catherine, and later attempting to poison a business rival, Oswald Martin, by administering arsenic to them. At his trial, Armstrong claimed that he had bought the arsenic simply to kill the dandelions on his lawn. However he was convicted of murder and executed in 1922.

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.9/10