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Movie Description
The moving true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Great Britain. The last man executed in that country was later found to be innocent, a regrettable (to say the least) incident which led to the abandonment there of the practice.
Synopsis
In the repressed atmosphere of 1950s Britain, Marilyn Monroe-lookalike Ruth Ellis is the ultimate bad girl. A divorced, former prostitute, Ellis now works as a hostess in a nightclub where she meets dissolute rich boy David Blakeley. Handsome, insouciant and cruel, Blakeley is a representative of the haute-bourgeois world Ellis longs to enter. Consumed with desire for a man and a social standing she can never possess, Ellis' obsessive relationship with Blakeley spirals ever deeper into despair and violence.
Film Notes
Screen debut for British actress Miranda Richardson.
Co-produced by First Picture Company.
Industry Reviews
"...A requiem to unrequited English passion, and a song of hope for British cinema..."
Sight and Sound - p.62 - Chris Auty (12/01/1984)
"...Very good....Giving the film its special edge is the striking performance of Miranda Richardson..."
New York Times - p.C12 - Vincent Canby (08/09/1985)
"...A ripe, dark new British film....The technical side of DANCE WITH A STRANGER is impeccable..."
Los Angeles Times - p.C1 - Sheila Benson (08/14/1985)
"...So immaculately designed and shot that you feel you're back in the mid-1950s..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (01/26/2001)
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