6.6
Dance with a Stranger
BiographyCrimeDramaR
"It wasn't simply love. It was a case of cold-blooded passion."
Duration
1h 42mRelease
1 Mar 1985Country
United Kingdom
Language
EnglishOverview
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. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.
Plot
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.
Cast
Miranda RichardsonRupert EverettIan Holm
Ratings
Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Details
Director
Mike Newell
Writers
Shelagh Delaney
Awards
3 wins & 3 nominations totalTrailer
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