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Cause Célèbre (1987)
Directed by John Gorrie
Drama, Romance, TV Movie · 1h 49m
When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions fall on the older woman's young lover, the newly widowed woman claims that it was she who was solely responsible for the death despite evidence that points to the contrary in this dramatic account of true-life 1935 trial that shocked all of England. Though notable evidence and strong suspicion suggests that the murder may have been of crime of passion perpetrated by the jealous lover only half her age, Alma Rattenbury (Helen Mirren) confesses to the murder of her husband and is soon brought to trial. Despite the fact that Alma is already being deemed guilty by the general public for her adulterous indiscretion alone, her lawyer, star attorney T.J. O'Connor (David Suchet), remains convinced that his client will eventually be cleared of all charges.
Cast
Helen Mirren
Alma Rattenbury
Harry Andrews
Francis Rattenbury
David Suchet
T.J. O'Connor
David Morrissey
George Bowman
Norma West
Irene Riggs
Oliver Ford Davies
J.D. Casswell
Clive Swift
P.P. Croom Johnson
Geoffrey Bayldon
Mr. Justice Humphreys
Edmund Pegge
Constable Bagwell
David Simeon
Inspector Carter
Crew
- Director
- John Gorrie
- Writer
- Terence Rattigan, Ken Taylor
- Director of Photography
- Trevor Vaisey
- Editor
- Kevin Waters
- Producer
- John Rosenberg
Details
- Release date
- 1987-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- ITV, Anglia Television