It wasn't simply love. It was a case of cold-blooded passion.
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.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Miranda RichardsonRuth Ellis
- Rupert EverettDavid Blakeley
- Ian HolmDesmond Cussen
- Matthew CarrollAndy
- Tom ChadbonAnthony Findlater
- Jane BertishCarole Findlater
- David TroughtonCliff Davis
- Paul MooneyClive Gunnell
- Stratford JohnsMorrie Conley
- Joanne WhalleyChristine
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- Mike NewellDirector
- Shelagh DelaneyWriter
- Peter HannanDirector of Photography
- Richard HartleyOriginal Music Composer
- Mick AudsleyEditor
- Roger Randall-CutlerProducer
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