The Ruby in the Smoke

The Ruby in the Smoke

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Dec. 27, 2006

Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. But unfortunately, Sally has no idea what the words The Seven Blessings mean. Before long, she is drawn into a mystery filled with opium, secrets from her own past and, at the heart of it all, the Ruby of Agrapur.

The Ruby in the Smoke

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Dec. 27, 2006

The Ruby in the Smoke
Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. But unfortunately, Sally has no idea what the words The Seven Blessings mean. Before long, she is drawn into a mystery filled with opium, secrets from her own past and, at the heart of it all, the Ruby of Agrapur.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers BBC, WGBH Boston
Original title The Ruby in the Smoke
Directors Brian Percival
Writers Adrian Hodges, Philip Pullman

Cast

Billie Piper

as Sally Lockhart

Matt Smith

as Jim Taylor

Julie Walters

as Mrs. Holland

JJ Feild

as Frederick Garland

Hayley Atwell

as Rosa Garland

Elliot Cowan

as Hendrick Van Eeden

Sian Thomas

as Mrs Rees

Trevor Cooper

as Mr Higgs

Robert Glenister

as Samuel Selby

Dominic Coleman

as Jeremiah Blyth

Miles Anderson

as Major Marchbanks

Ramon Tikaram

as Maharaja

Don Gilet

as Henry Hopkins

David Harewood

as Matthew Bedwell

Tony Maudsley

as Mr. Berry

Martin Jarvis

as Voice of Capt. Lockhart (voice)

Tom Wu

as