Poster movie

Cause Célèbre

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

Lenguage:109 min

Duration:en

Release date:Aug 23, 1987

Calificacion:6.0

Description:

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
Helen MirrenAlma Rattenbury
Harry Andrews
Harry AndrewsFrancis Rattenbury
David Suchet
David SuchetT.J. O'Connor
David Morrissey
David MorrisseyGeorge Bowman
Norma West
Norma WestIrene Riggs
Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Ford DaviesJ.D. Casswell
Clive Swift
Clive SwiftP.P. Croom Johnson
Geoffrey Bayldon
Geoffrey BayldonMr. Justice Humphreys
Gillian Martell
Gillian MartellJoan Webster
Edmund Pegge
Edmund PeggeConstable Bagwell

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