room and is oblivious to Harold's relationships with either Marjorie or Joyce, as is the rest of their suburban community. Sick of being caught between a mother and daughter, who are too old and too young for him respectively, Harold tries to get out of the house and move away by joining the army and getting a new girlfriend. However, Marjorie manages to emotionally blackmail him into coming back. One day, Harold takes Marjorie and Joyce out for a picnic, although things are tense between the trio. Having sent her daughter Joyce away to play, Marjorie begins to ravish Harold, but Joyce returns and hits her mother with an axe. Harold panics and attempts to get Marjorie into the car to take her to hospital but, with blood streaming down her face, Marjorie manages to pick up a knife Harold drops and attacks him with it. Harold fights Marjorie off and stabs her to death. Joyce then tries to attack Harold and he stabs her to death too. Finally, Harold stabs himself in the stomach in an attempt to emphasise that his actions were out of self-defence. It is said in a post-script that he, the real Albert Goozee, was sentenced to death for Joyce's murder. Cast Julie Walters as Marjorie Beasley Rupert Graves as Harold Guppey Laura Sadler as Joyce Beasley Matthew Walker as Stanley Beasley Les Dennis as Maurice Guppey Amanda Holden as Pamela Michael Bertenshaw as Mr Pugh Elsie Kelly as Enid Nicholas Hoult as Bobby Inspiration The film is based on the true story of Albert Goozee, who was put on trial in 1956 in England. He was arrested after his 53-year-old landlady, Mrs. Lydia Leakey, and her 14-year-old daughter, Norma, were found murdered. Goozee was tried only for the murder of the teenaged girl (Joyce, in the movie), convicted and imprisoned for life. The movie follows Goozee's own version of events, portraying him as an increasingly desperate young man caught in a love triangle between a mother and daughter, although as the only survivor there is no way of verifying if his version of the events was entirely truthful. Goozee was released from prison in 1971 but was imprisoned again in 1996, the year Intimate Relations came out, for unrelated sex offences. References External links Archived interview at Rupert Graves' own site about the film 1996 films 1996 comedy-drama films 1990s black comedy films British