Dance with a Stranger
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.
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Studio: National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), Goldcrest, Film4 Productions
- Keyword: london, england, nightclub, based on true story, romance, murder, capital punishment, single mother, true crime, older woman younger man relationship, shot, 1950s, female criminal
- Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Matthew Carroll, Tom Chadbon, Jane Bertish