Crime Drama
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.
Directed by
Mike Newell
Written by
Shelagh Delaney
Lesley Manville
Maryanne
Ian Holm
Desmond Cussen
Joanne Whalley
Christine
Rupert Everett
David Blakeley
Stratford Johns
Morrie Conley
Martin Murphy
Roy
Miranda Richardson
Ruth Ellis
David Troughton
Cliff Davis
Charles Cork
2nd Policeman
Michael Jenn
Wilf
Tom Chadbon
Anthony Findlater
Jane Bertish
Carole Findlater
Miki Iveria
Landlady
Tracy-Louise Ward
Girl with David Blakely
Paul Mooney
Clive Gunnell
Susan Kyd
Barbara
Sallie Anne Field
Claudette (as Sallie-Anne Field)
David Beale
Man in Little Club
Alan Thompson
Ralph
Nicholas McArdle
Landlord (country pub)
Lizzie McKenzie
Woman in Launderette
Ian Hurley
1st Policeman
Patrick Field
Builder
Colin Rix
Landlord 'Magdala'
Tony Mathews
Customer 'Magdala'
Charon Bourke
Ballroom Singer
Elizabeth Newell
Baby

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