Dance with a Stranger

Mar 1, 1985

1h 42m

★ 6.1

It wasn't simply love. It was a case of cold-blooded passion.

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)

Goldcrest

Film4 Productions

Dance with a Stranger Trailers

Cast

Ruth Ellis

Miranda Richardson

David Blakeley

Rupert Everett

Desmond Cussen

Ian Holm

Andy

Matthew Carroll

Anthony Findlater

Tom Chadbon

Carole Findlater

Jane Bertish

Cliff Davis

David Troughton

Clive Gunnell

Paul Mooney

Morrie Conley

Stratford Johns

Christine

Joanne Whalley

Barbara

Susan Kyd

Maryanne

Lesley Manville

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