Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

120 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | Jan. 1, 2007

When Julie Bottomley (Suranne Jones) discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian (Dean Lennox Kelly) by faking her own death and framing him for murder. But can she resist the temptation to let her jailed husband know just how "Dead Clever" she's been?

Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

120 mins | Drama, Crime, TV Movie | Jan. 1, 2007

Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
When Julie Bottomley (Suranne Jones) discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian (Dean Lennox Kelly) by faking her own death and framing him for murder. But can she resist the temptation to let her jailed husband know just how "Dead Clever" she's been?
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers
Original title Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Directors Dearbhla Walsh
Writers Sally Wainwright

Cast

Suranne Jones

as Julie Bottomley

Helen Baxendale

as Sarah

Dean Lennox Kelly

as Ian Bottomley

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

as Jessica

Rachel Leskovac

as Karen

Lesley Nicol

as Jean

Andy Darbyshire

as Count Clerk

Jennifer Hennessy

as Gaynor

Malcolm Storry

as Brian

Ted Holden

as Kevin

Paul Wormwell

as Young Nathan

Robert Angell

as Accountant

James Quinn

as D S Liam Peterson

Martin Buchan

as Judge

Vincent Franklin

as Daniel

Jane Bertish

as Ursula

Jason Furnival

as Mr Macdonald

Martin Reeve

as Prison Governor

Karl Davies

as Nathan

Neil Bell

as Figgy

Abigail Davies

as Louise

Robin Bowerman

as Lawyer