Cause Celebre Movie Review 1987

Absorbing true crime drama set in Britain during the '30s. Alma Rattenbury (Mirren) is in a dull marriage to an aging and ill husband (Andrews) and is beset by financial and domestic difficulties. Then Alma hires 18-year-old George Bowman (Morrissey) as a family servant/chauffeur and, despite their age difference, the two are soon lovers. When her husband is bludgeoned to death, both Alma and George are swiftly arrested and on trial. But just who committed the crime and who is covering up?

Distribution

PBS Home Video, Catalog Fulfillment Center, PO Box 751089, Charlotte, NC 28275-1089, Phone: (800)531-4727, Toll-free: 800-645-4PBS, Email: info@pbs.org, URL: http://www.pbs.org

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

True Crime, Period Piece: 1930s, Obsessive Love, Order in the Court, Justice Prevails...?, Suicide

Screenplay

Kenneth Taylor

Cast

Helen Mirren, David Morrissey, David Suchet, Harry Andrews, Norma West, Oliver Ford Davies, Geoffrey Bayldon, Gillian Martell

Cinematography

Malcolm Harrison, Trevor Vaisey

Director

John Gorrie

Music

Richard Harvey