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Cause célèbre (1987)

ALL 08/23/1987 (en) Drama, Romance 109 Min
  • Release
    08/23/1987
  • Production
    ITV
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Cause célèbre
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. John Gorrie

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Kevin Waters

    Editor

  4. John Rosenberg

    Producer



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  1. Helen Mirren

    Alma Rattenbury

  2. Harry Andrews

    Francis Rattenbury

  3. David Suchet

    T.J. O'Connor

  4. David Morrissey

    George Bowman

  5. Norma West

    Irene Riggs

  6. Oliver Ford Davies

    J.D. Casswell

  7. Clive Swift

    P.P. Croom Johnson

  8. Geoffrey Bayldon

    Mr. Justice Humphreys

  9. Gillian Martell

    Joan Webster

  10. Edmund Pegge

    Constable Bagwell

  11. David Simeon

    Inspector Carter

  12. Neil Jeffery

    Christopher

  13. Joe Anderson

    Little John

  14. Adam Blackwood

    Ewan Montagu

  15. Alan Rowe

    E. Marshall Harvey

  16. Timothy Kightley

    Lewis Manning

  17. Wendy Williams

    Edith Davenport

  18. Paul Greenhalgh

    Clerk of the Court

  19. Robin Browne

    Usher

  20. Gordon Salkilld

    Foreman of the Jury

  21. Peter van Dissel

    1st Reporter

  22. Gil Sutherland

    2nd Reporter

  23. Harry Fielder

    Policeman

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 23 , Crews : 9

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Cause célèbre (1987) 109 Min

ALL 08/23/1987 (en)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 08/23/1987
  • Production
    ITV
  • Original title Cause célèbre
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. John Gorrie

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Kevin Waters

    Editor

  4. John Rosenberg

    Producer



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