Follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged.
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Ruth Ellis
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| Toby Stephens | ... |
Melford Stevenson QC
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| Toby Jones | ... |
John Bickford
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Desmond Cussen
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| Bessie Carter | ... |
Carole Findlater
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| Juliet Stevenson | ... |
Dr. Charity Taylor
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| Joe Armstrong | ... |
DCI Davies
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Victor Mishcon
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| Amanda Drew | ... |
Bertha
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| Laurie Davidson | ... |
David Blakely
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| Jack Staddon | ... |
Clive Gunnell
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| Gloria Obianyo | ... |
Joy Okoro
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Tony Wadham | ... |
Arthur Neilson
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| Adam Lawrence | ... |
DI Peter Gill
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| Ed Sayer | ... |
Anthony Findlater
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Sidney Jackson | ... |
Andre Ellis
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| Darren Charman | ... |
Foreman
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| Maddy Hill | ... |
Muriel Jakubait
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| Rowan Robinson | ... |
Vicki Martin
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| Audrey Brisson | ... |
Jacqueline Dyer
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Christian Patterson | ... |
Morris Conley
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| Pierre Bergman | ... |
Reporter
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| Tim Potter | ... |
Albert Pierrepoint
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Annie Miles | ... |
Mrs. Winstanley
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Raye Cooper | ... |
Georgina Ellis
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| Advait Kottary | ... |
Jayveer Sethia
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| Nigel Havers | ... |
Judge Havers
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| Paul Hilton | ... |
Christmas Humphreys QC
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| Simon Thorp | ... |
Dr. Duncan Whittaker
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| Jonathan Tafler | ... |
Magistrate
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| Daphne Kouma | ... |
Marie Harris
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| Thom Petty | ... |
Clerk of the Old Bailey
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Israr Azam | ... |
Cooch Behar
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Howard Gossington | ... |
George Ellis
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Gabriella Foley | ... |
WPC Garrard
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| Lawrence Aram | ... |
Edward Cusins
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Production Companies
Distributors
- BritBox (2025) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- ITV Studios (2024) (United Kingdom) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Casting Collective (extras casting)
- Extra People (extras casting)
- Metropolitan Police Film Unit (thanks)
- Setkeeper (production office software)
- The Look (post production facilities)
- Troubadour Studios (Studio Facilities)
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Nigel Havers plays his grandfather Lord Havers, the high court Judge in this case. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Episode dated 27 February 2025 (2025). See more » |