Dance with a Stranger

About Dance with a Stranger

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair.

Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 crime film directed by Mike Newell. The film is filed under single mother, true crime, nightclub, and older woman younger man relationship.

Miranda Richardson takes the lead as Ruth Ellis, Rupert Everett as David Blakeley, Ian Holm as Desmond Cussen, and Matthew Carroll as Andy. Released in March 1985, it runs 96 minutes.

The screenplay is by Shelagh Delaney. The film began as real events. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV in the United States.

An American Crime, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Boys Don't Cry make useful companions to Dance with a Stranger, all filed under murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 57 votes and it carries a R rating.