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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025–2025)

Crime • Drama • History

Also known as A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (IT · ja)

🌍 IT🗣️ ja🎞️ 4 eps • 1 season

IMDb rating

7.0/ 10

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Overview

Directed byLee Haven Jones

Written byKelly Jones

Episodes4 episodes • 1 seasonView all episodes

A 1950s true crime drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged. This startling story reveals hidden truths about Ruth's murder of her lover, the legal case surrounding it and those who were also complicit.

ID: tt28496144

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Top cast

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Toby Stephens

actor

as Melford Stevenson QC

Toby Jones

actor

as John Bickford

Lucy Boynton

actress

as Ruth Ellis

Juliet Stevenson

actress

as Dr. Charity Taylor

Bessie Carter

actress

as Carole Findlater

Laurie Davidson

actor

as David Blakely

Arthur Darvill

actor

as Victor Mishcon

Arthur Darvill

actor

as Victor Mischon

Key crew

Lee Haven Jones

director

Kelly Jones

writer