Wisconsin Death Trip

Sep 5, 1999

1h 16m

★ 5.7

Overview

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and mayhem that erupted behind the respectable facade of Black River Falls, Wisconsin in the 19th century.

Genres

Documentary

Crime

Production Companies

BBC

BBC Arena

Hands On

Cinemax

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Ian Holm

Young Anderson

Marcus Monroe

Pauline L'Allemand

Marilyn White

Undertaker

John Baltes

Mrs. Larson

Molly Nikki Anderson

Baptized Girl

Brittany Haydock

Abandoned Boy

Eddie Kunz

Union Man

Steven Strobel

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

6.1

The Anderson Tapes

Jun 17, 1971

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

5.9

Palmetto

Feb 20, 1998

After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feeling like he were owed something for his loss of time, he proceeds to get himself involved in a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagined.

7.1

Whistle Down the Wind

Jul 25, 1961

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

6.0

Murder!

Jul 31, 1930

When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.

6.7

The Split

Nov 4, 1968

A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.

6.5

Who'll Stop the Rain

Aug 2, 1978

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.

6.1

Jamaica Inn

May 11, 1939

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.

6.1

True Confessions

Sep 25, 1981

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

6.3

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Jun 22, 1984

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

5.3

Fear

Apr 3, 1964

A car deliberately runs down a young man on a road by a small border town. The locals recognize the dead man as one of the students who were there on volunteer work some time before. The police detectives, Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) and Lieutenant Varga (Radoslav Brzobohatý) can then get on the trail of the people with whom the victim was involved, especially at the photographic studio headed by Bohuslav Pacer (Bohus Záhorský).

5.0

Stockholm Marathon

Jul 1, 1994

A gardener decides to exact revenge on the men he believes to be responsible for the death of his mentally disturbed wife.

6.8

Pretty Poison

Jul 18, 1968

A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.

6.2

First Name: Carmen

Dec 1, 1983

The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.

7.0

The Brush-Off

Sep 5, 2004

The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.

7.1

The Breaking Point

Oct 6, 1950

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

4.2

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

May 5, 1967

Sumuru is a beautiful but evil woman who plans world domination by having her sexy all-female army eliminate male leaders and replace them with her female agents.