Don't Leave Me This Way

Don't Leave Me This Way

133 mins | May 30, 1993

British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While doing so she becomes to believe the accident may not be what it seems, spurred on by the information a local policeman provides her.

Don't Leave Me This Way

133 mins | May 30, 1993

Don't Leave Me This Way
British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While doing so she becomes to believe the accident may not be what it seems, spurred on by the information a local policeman provides her.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers BBC
Original title Don't Leave Me This Way
Directors Stuart Orme
Writers Catherine Buchanan, Joan Smith

Cast

Janet McTeer

as Loretta Lawson

Imelda Staunton

as Bridget Bennet

Bill Nighy

as John Tracey

John Fortune

as George Saunders

Ian McNeice

as Oscar Ghilardi

Pamela Salem

as Sandra Neil

Jerome Flynn

as Tony Fleming

Philip Anthony

as Mr. Koogan

Richard Dempsey

as Felix Neil

Jamie Glover

as Paul Elvin

Rebecca Hall

as Lizzie Neil

Harry Ditson

as Tom Neil

Denis Lill

as Steve Fleming

Peter Lovstrom

as Arthur Goodchild

David Bannerman

as Michael

Linda Henry

as Janet Weir

Rynagh O'Grady

as Viv Hucks

William Osborne

as Eric

Anthony Pedley

as Chief Supt. Allan

Neville Phillips

as Doctor

Denise Thomas

as Diana