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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025)

TV show · Ended · 45 min · ★ 6.5

Drama, Crime

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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.

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Lucy BoyntonLucy BoyntonRuth EllisToby JonesToby JonesJohn BickfordLaurie DavidsonLaurie DavidsonDavid BlakelyMark StanleyMark StanleyDesmond CussenArthur DarvillArthur DarvillVictor MishconBessie CarterBessie CarterCarole FindlaterJoe ArmstrongJoe ArmstrongDCI DaviesNigel HaversNigel HaversCecil HaversToby StephensToby StephensMelford StevensonJuliet StevensonJuliet StevensonDr. Charity TaylorEd SayerEd SayerAnthony Findlater
Tony WadhamArthur Neilson

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