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Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell. Telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain (1955), the film won critical acclaim, and aided the careers of two of its leading actors, Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett.
Aug 9, 1985 · Dance with a Stranger: Directed by Mike Newell. With Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Matthew Carroll. A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Mike Newell
- 1985-08-09
Ellis (Miranda Richardson), a former prostitute and single mom, falls for David Blakely (Rupert Everett) when she meets him in a club. Although Blakely comes from an aristocratic background ...
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- Mike Newell
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- Miranda Richardson
Dance with a Stranger - Full Cast & Crew. True crime-of-the-heart tale spun around the affair of a nightclub hostess (Miranda Richardson) and her upper-class lover (Rupert Everett). Ian...
- Mike Newell
Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship.
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Cast. Tom Chadbon as Anthony Findlater. Miranda Richardson as Ruth Ellis. Ian Holm as Desmond Cussen. Matthew Carroll as Andy. Jane Bertish as Carole Findlater. Rupert Everett as David Blakely. Music by Richard Hartley; Photographed by Peter Hannan; Directed by Mike Newell; Screenplay by Shelagh Delaney; Produced by Roger Randall-Cutler
