Dance with a Stranger

Dance with a Stranger

102 mins | Drama, Crime | March 1, 1985

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.

Dance with a Stranger

102 mins | Drama, Crime | March 1, 1985

Dance with a Stranger
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Goldcrest, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Original title Dance with a Stranger
Directors Annie South, Micky Finch, Fraser Copp, Tony Aherne, Mike Newell
Writers Shelagh Delaney

Cast

Miranda Richardson

as Ruth Ellis

Rupert Everett

as David Blakeley

Ian Holm

as Desmond Cussen

Stratford Johns

as Morrie Conley

Joanne Whalley

as Christine

Tom Chadbon

as Anthony Findlater

Jane Bertish

as Carole Findlater

David Troughton

as Cliff Davis

Matthew Carroll

as Andy

David Beale

as Man in Little Club

Charon Bourke

as Ballroom Singer

Lesley Manville

as Maryanne

Paul Mooney

as Clive Gunnell

Susan Kyd

as Barbara

Sallie Anne Field

as Claudette (as Sallie-Anne Field)

Tracy-Louise Ward

as Girl with David Blakely

Michael Jenn

as Wilf

Alan Thompson

as Ralph

Nicholas McArdle

as Landlord (country pub)

Miki Iveria

as Landlady

Lizzie McKenzie

as Woman in Launderette

Ian Hurley

as 1st Policeman

Charles Cork

as 2nd Policeman

Patrick Field

as Builder

Colin Rix

as Landlord 'Magdala'

Tony Mathews

as Customer 'Magdala'