Dance with a Stranger
Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell. Telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain (1955), the film won critical acclaim, and aided the careers of two of its leading actors, Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett. The screenplay was by Shelagh Delaney, author of A Taste of Honey, and was her third major screenplay. The story of Ellis has resonance in Britain because it provided part of the background to the extended national debates that led to the progressive abolition of capital punishment from 1965.
| Dance with a Stranger | |
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mike Newell |
| Written by | Shelagh Delaney |
| Produced by | Roger Randall-Cutler |
| Starring | Miranda Richardson Rupert Everett |
| Cinematography | Peter Hannan |
| Music by | Richard Hartley theme song by Mari Wilson |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | 1 March 1985 (UK) |
Running time | 102 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1,360,000 or £1.5 million |
| Box office | £850,000 (UK) $3 million (US) $1 million (other territories) |
The theme song, a cover version of Peggy Lee's 1951 track "Would You Dance with a Stranger?", was performed by Mari Wilson and released as a single.
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