
Feature film — 1985
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 57 votes.
National Film Finance Corporation / Goldcrest Films International / Film Four International
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Director: Mike Newell
On screen
Cast & crew

Miranda Richardson
Ruth Ellis

Rupert Everett
David Blakeley

Ian Holm
Desmond Cussen
Matthew Carroll
Andy

Tom Chadbon
Anthony Findlater

Jane Bertish
Carole Findlater

David Troughton
Cliff Davis
Paul Mooney
Clive Gunnell

Stratford Johns
Morrie Conley

Joanne Whalley
Christine
Susan Kyd
Barbara

Lesley Manville
Maryanne
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