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Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

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Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
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1hr 30min
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2001
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MTI Home Video
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 ... Full Synopsis
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Based on the true story of Canada's "trial of the century," Torso: The Evelyn Dick Case is a crackling good yarn thanks to the knowingly sultry performance of Kathleen Robertson as the lead, a woman whose pout changes to a purr in the time it takes to say "howdy." The grim murder mystery becomes taut courtroom drama about midway, and while the story never catches fire the way it must have when it was ... Full Review
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