
Cause Célèbre
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When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions fall on the older woman's young lover, the newly widowed woman claims that it was she who was solely responsible for the death despite evidence that points to the contrary in this dramatic account of true-life 1935 trial that shocked all of England. Though notable evidence and strong suspicion suggests that the murder may have been of crime of passion perpetrated by the jealous lover only half her age, Alma Rattenbury (Helen Mirren) confesses to the murder of her husband and is soon brought to trial. Despite the fact that Alma is already being deemed guilty by the general public for her adulterous indiscretion alone, her lawyer, star attorney T.J. O'Connor (David Suchet), remains convinced that his client will eventually be cleared of all charges.
Cast

Helen Mirren
Alma Rattenbury

Harry Andrews
Francis Rattenbury

David Suchet
T.J. O'Connor

David Morrissey
George Bowman

Norma West
Irene Riggs

Oliver Ford Davies
J.D. Casswell

Clive Swift
P.P. Croom Johnson

Geoffrey Bayldon
Mr. Justice Humphreys

Gillian Martell
Joan Webster

Edmund Pegge
Constable Bagwell

David Simeon
Inspector Carter

Neil Jeffery
Christopher

Joe Anderson
Little John

Adam Blackwood
Ewan Montagu

Alan Rowe
E. Marshall Harvey

Timothy Kightley
Lewis Manning

Wendy Williams
Edith Davenport

Paul Greenhalgh
Clerk of the Court

Robin Browne
Usher

Gordon Salkilld
Foreman of the Jury

Peter van Dissel
1st Reporter

Gil Sutherland
2nd Reporter
