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Dance with a Stranger
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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   948 votes
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Director:
Mike Newell
Writer:
Shelagh Delaney (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 August 1985 (USA) more
Plot:
Ruth Ellis lives with her 10-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Stunning Performance by Ms. Richardson more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Miranda Richardson ... Ruth Ellis

Rupert Everett ... David Blakeley

Ian Holm ... Desmond Cussen
Stratford Johns ... Morrie Conley

Joanne Whalley ... Christine

Tom Chadbon ... Anthony Findlater
Jane Bertish ... Carole Findlater
David Troughton ... Cliff Davis
Matthew Carroll ... Andy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Beale ... Man in Little Club
Charon Bourke ... Ballroom Singer
Charles Cork ... Policeman #2
Patrick Field ... Builder
Sallie Anne Field ... Claudette
Ian Hurley ... Policeman #1
Miki Iveria ... Landlady
Michael Jenn ... Wilf
Susan Kyd ... Barbara
Lesley Manville ... Maryanne
Tony Mathews ... Customer 'Magdala'
Nicholas McArdle ... Landlord (Country Pub)
Lizzie McKenzie ... Woman
Paul Mooney ... Clive Gunnell
Martin Murphy ... Roy
Colin Rix ... Landlord 'Magdala'
Alan Thompson ... Ralph
Tracy-Louise Ward ... Girl with David Blakely
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min | Argentina:106 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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Trivia:
Based on a true story. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Ruth switches on a radio which begins to play immediately. In those times, vacuum-tube radios had to warm up for about 20 seconds. more
Quotes:
Anthony Findlater: She
[his wife]
Anthony Findlater: eats like a bird...
Ruth Ellis: Really? My son tells me birds eat twice their own weight every day.
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14 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
Stunning Performance by Ms. Richardson, 24 February 2001
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Author: spompermayer from San Francisco

When I saw this film nearly 15 years ago, I immediately became a fan of Miranda Richardson. Her unforgettable performance reminded me of a young Bette Davis in 'Of Human Bondage' (another story of a tragic, doomed woman). Few actresses could have matched the intensity of her Ruth.

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