Dance with a Stranger
It wasn't simply love. It was a case of cold-blooded passion.
Rating: 6.1 out of 10TMDB(57 votes)
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.
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Based on a true story
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Setting
Set in London
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Music
Music by Richard Hartley
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Peter Hannan
Details
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- Writer
- Shelagh DelaneyWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 1, 1985
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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In the United States
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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- Susan KydBarbara
Lesley ManvilleMaryanne- Sallie Anne FieldClaudette (as Sallie-Anne Field)
- David BealeMan in Little Club
Martin MurphyRoy
Tracy-Louise WardGirl with David Blakely
Michael JennWilf- Alan ThompsonRalph
- Nicholas McArdleLandlord (country pub)
Miki IveriaLandlady
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