Dance with a Stranger

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

• Mike NewellDirector
• Richard HartleyOriginal Music Composer
• Shelagh DelaneyWriter

• Miranda RichardsonRuth Ellis
• Rupert EverettDavid Blakeley
• Ian HolmDesmond Cussen
• Matthew CarrollAndy
• Tom ChadbonAnthony Findlater
• Jane BertishCarole Findlater
• David TroughtonCliff Davis
• Paul MooneyClive Gunnell
• Stratford JohnsMorrie Conley
• Joanne WhalleyChristine
• Susan KydBarbara
• Lesley ManvilleMaryanne