Cause célèbre / produced by John Rosenberg ; directed by John Gorrie ; Lance Entertainment, Inc. ; Granada International ; Anglia Television Limited.
Helen Mirren, Harry Andrews, David Suchet, Geoffrey Bayldon, Oliver Ford Davies, Clive Swift, Norma West, David Morrissey. Based on an original radio and stage play by Terence Rattigan ; adapted by Ben Taylor. Originally produced as a television movie in 1987. Title and credits from container.
Summary:
The story of Alma Rattenbury, who--as a middle-aged, upper-class wife and mother in England (Mirren)--had an affair with an 18-year-old boy and then confessed to bludgeoning her ailing husband to death. T.J. O'Connor (Suchet) attorney for the defense, fiercly determine to save his client. Mystery surrounds the case, as some believe her jealous lover to be the real killer.
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