
Cause Célèbre 1987
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,
Director: John Gorrie
Cast

Helen Mirren
Alma Rattenbury

Harry Andrews
Francis Rattenbury

David Suchet
T.J. O'Connor

David Morrissey
George Bowman

Norma West
Irene Riggs

Oliver Ford Davies
J.D. Casswell

Clive Swift
P.P. Croom Johnson

Geoffrey Bayldon
Mr. Justice Humphreys
Gillian Martell
Joan Webster

Edmund Pegge
Constable Bagwell