A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

1.1

Directed by Lee Haven Jones
TV-14
S1 • E1    Feb 17, 2025    48m
7.310.0
Young nightclub manager Ruth Ellis is arrested for murder. She has shot her lover, glamorous racing driver David Blakely. The year is 1955, and Ruth faces the prospect of being hanged for her crime. But Ruth's lawyer suspects that the tragedy runs deeper than meets the eye. Now he begins a desperate fight to save Ruth from the gallows. But he fights in vain.

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Cast of 1.1

  • Lucy BoyntonRuth Ellis
  • Toby JonesJohn Bickford
  • Laurie DavidsonDavid Blakely
  • Mark StanleyDesmond Cussen
  • Arthur DarvillVictor Mishcon
  • Bessie CarterCarole Findlater
  • Joe ArmstrongDCI Davies
  • Nigel HaversCecil Havers
  • Toby StephensMelford Stevenson
  • Juliet StevensonDr. Charity Taylor
  • Ed SayerAnthony Findlater
  • Tony WadhamArthur Neilson
  • Rowan RobinsonVicki Martin
  • Lee Haven JonesDirector
  • Kelly JonesWriter

 

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