A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

A 1950s true crime drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged. This startling story reveals hidden truths about Ruth's murder of her lover, the legal case surrounding it and those who were also complicit.

• Samuel SimOriginal Music Composer

• 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