Dance with a Stranger
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United Kingdom · 1985
Rated R · 1h 42m
Director Mike Newell
Starring Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns
Genre Crime, Drama
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Based on the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger (1985) concentrates on Ellis's (Richardson) short-lived relationship with motor-racing driver David Blakely (Rupert Everett).
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