Dance with a Stranger (1985)
| Release Date | 01 March 1985 |
| Genre | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | UK |
| Filming Locations | Fingest, Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Stereo |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Docudrama, Biopic [feature], Psychological Drama |
| Mood | In a Minor Key |
| Themes | Class Differences, Dangerous Attraction, Out For Revenge |
| Tones | Angry, Disturbing, Poignant, Reflective, Compassionate |
| Tags | Capital Punishment, Courtroom, Execution, Kill, Love, Romance |
Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British drama film, directed by Mike Newell. Telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in the fifties, this moving biographical British film won critical acclaim, and brought particular notice to the careers of both Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett. The screenplay was by Shelagh Delaney, author of A Taste of Honey, and her third major screenplay.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Stratford Johns
Morrie Conley
Tom Chadbon
Anthony Findlater
Jane Bertish
Carole Findlater
David Troughton
Cliff Davis
Matthew Carroll
Andy
David Beale
Man in Little Club
Charon Bourke
Ballroom Singer
Charles Cork
Policeman #2
Patrick Field
Builder
Sallie Anne Field
Claudette
Ian Hurley
Policeman #1
Miki Iveria
Landlady
Michael Jenn
Wilf
Susan Kyd
Barbara
Tony Mathews
Customer 'Magdala'
Nicholas McArdle
Landlord
Lizzie McKenzie
Woman
Paul Mooney
Clive Gunnell
Martin Murphy
Roy
Colin Rix
Landlord 'Magdala'
Alan Thompson
Ralph
Tracy-Louise Ward
Girl with David Blakely
Harry Fielder
Party goer
Derek Lyons
Singer in Bar
Director
Producer
Shelagh Delaney
writer
Paul Cowan
associate producer
Roger Randall-Cutler
producer
Original Music
Richard Hartley
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Cinematographer
Peter Hannan
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Editor
Mick Audsley
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Casting Director
Celestia Fox
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Production Designer
Andrew Mollo
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Art Director
Adrian Smith
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Set Decorator
Alison Stewart-Richardson
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Costume Designer
Pip Newbery
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Makeup Department
Carol Devine
assistant makeup artist
Pat Hay
makeup artist
Meinir Jones Brock
hair stylist
Liz Michie
assistant hair stylist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Aherne
third assistant director
Fraser Copp
second assistant director
Micky Finch
first assistant director
Art Department
Harry Bearpark
property master
Malcolm Bensted
stand-by props
Alan Chesters
chargehand carpenter
Fred Crosby
painter
Gary Crosby
painter
Perry Crosby
painter
Tony Ferguson
dressing props
David Fyson
production buyer
Ned Kelly
carpenter
Mick Ryan
carpenter
Sound Department
George Akers
dubbing editor
Peter Maxwell
dubbing mixer, sound re-recording mixer
Trevor Rutherford
boom operator
Jupiter Sen
assistant dubbing editor
Ken Weston
sound mixer
Don Brown
sound maintenance
Steve Hancock
sound camera operator
Stunts
Dickey Beer
stunts
Jim Dowdall
stunt coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Casey
generator operator
John Clark
best boy
Mark Cridlin
clapper loader
Colin Davidson
focus puller
Diana Miller
still photographer
Reg Parsons
gaffer
John Payne
camera grip
Steve Sansom
rigger
Bob Smith
camera operator
Les Weighell
electrician
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mary Ellis
wardrobe assistant
Janty Yates
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Jason Adams
first assistant editor
Annabel Ware
second assistant editor
Music Department
Mari Wilson
singer: theme: Dance with a stranger
Kenny Woodman
music arranger: source music
Transportation Department
Tim Collins
transportation manager
Other Crew
Sarah Allday
assistant accountant
Harriet Fenner
production assistant
Patrick Isherwood
production accountant
Allan James
location manager
Laura Julian
production coordinator
Sarah Lucraft
assistant accountant
Annie South
continuity
Tristan Whalley
publicity assistant
Production Company
Channel Four Films
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First Film Company
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Goldcrest Films International
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National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
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Distributor
20th Century Fox
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
Concorde Film
Aquarius TV
Braveworld
CBSFox Video
EuroVideo
Indies Home Entertainment
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
MGM Home Entertainment
PolyGram Video
Universal Pictures
Miscellaneous
Joe Dunton & Company
camera equipment provided by
Lee Lighting
grip and lighting equipment
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Mike Newell
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
Bad Blood (1981)
Dance with a Stranger
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Enchanted April (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Into the West (1992)
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Pushing Tin (1999)
The Awakening (1980)
The Good Father (1985)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
The works of Shelagh Delaney
A Taste of Honey (1961)
Charlie Bubbles (1967)
Dance with a Stranger
Red, White and Zero (1967)
The Railway Station Man (1992)
