Dead Gorgeous Movie Review 2002

Antonia Ashton (McCrory) is a brazen hussy and a consummate schemer. She's married to boring business tycoon Hector (Cook) while carrying on with hunky professor Vic (Owen). She wants out of her marriage--by murder if necessary. Mousy Rose Bell (Ripley) wishes she could get rid of her drunken, philandering spouse as well. Antonia and Rose--old friends from the war--meet again in a gray 1946 London. Antonia has a plan--she'll see that Rose's husband has an "accident" and Rose will do the same with Hector. Antonia carries through but a grateful Rose is more cautious. Some unexpected twists in this variation of "Strangers on a Train." From the 1989 novel, "On the Edge," by Peter Lovesey.

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, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

London, Period Piece: 1940s, Homicide, Adultery, Female Bonding

Screenplay

Andrew Payne

Cast

Fay Ripley, Helen McCrory, Ron Cook, Lloyd Owen, Jonathan Phillips, Dermot Crowley, Michael Mueller

Cinematography

Simon Kossoff

Director

Sarah Harding

Music

Jennie Muskett