Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life

Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life

1999
1h 0m
4.5

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Documentary
Overview

Documentary on Ruth Ellis, a Welsh-born model and actress, who was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom. She went to the gallows of London's Holloway prison on July 13, 1955, for the gunshot murder of her lover, David Blakely, on Easter Sunday, April 10, of that same year. She was 28 at the time and was hanged, despite a 50,000-signature petition from the British public for leniency.

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Production Information

Production Companies
BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Quick Facts

Release Date November 28, 1999
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0222623

Cast

Kirsty Wark
Kirsty Wark

Self - Presenter

Fiona Ormiston
Fiona Ormiston

Ruth Ellis

John Light
John Light

David Blakely

Peter Forbes
Peter Forbes

Desmond Cussen

Julian Curry
Julian Curry

Mr. Justice Havers

Philip Dunbar
Philip Dunbar

Christmas Humphries

Alastair G. Cumming
Alastair G. Cumming

Ant Findlater (as Alastair Cumming)

Key Crew

Farren Blackburn
Director
Elizabeth Clough
Executive Producer
Simon Ford
Producer

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