The moonstone [videorecording] / a co-production of BBC Television and WGBH/Boston in association with Carlton Ltd. ; produced by Chris Parr ; screenplay by Kevin Elyot ; directed by Robert Bierman.
Greg Wise, Antony Sher, Patricia Hodge, Peter Vaughan, Peter Jeffrey, Lesley Sharp, Keeley Hawes. Based on the novel by Wilkie Collins. Originally broadcast on BBC television in 1996 in the United Kingdom.
Summary:
A stolen Hindu diamond, the Moonstone, works its curse after being stolen from it's shrine. Just before Rachel's birthday, a man named Franklin Blake announces to Rachel that the Moonstone has been bequeathed to her by Herncastle. Blake gives her the jewel on her birthday and offers to mount the jewel for her to wear. The jewel goes missing and Rachel believes that Blake stole it. Determined to prove his innocence, Blake leaves in order to pursue the real truth behind the theft.
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