Dance with a Stranger

The stormy and obsessive love affair between racing driver David Blakely and Ruth Ellis, a glamorous night club hostess and the last woman in Britain to be hanged. When violent quarrels destroy Ruth’s livelihood and threaten her sanity, she is unable to accept the mental torture Blakely has inflicted and forces him to pay the ultimate price.

Cast and crew

Director:
Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire)

Producers:
Roger Randall-Cutler (The Commitments)

Writers:
Shelagh Delaney

Cast:
Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, The Young Victoria), Rupert Everett (An Ideal Husband, My Best Friends Wedding), Ian Holm (The Day After Tomorrow, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy)

Distributor:
Samuel Goldwyn Company

Information

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 101 minutes

Year of production: 1984