Rent Cause Célèbre (1987)
3.7 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 55min
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- Synopsis:
- Alma (Helen Mirren), the unhappy young wife of distinguished architect Francis Rattenbury (Harry Andrews), a man in his mid-sixties, begins an affair with the couple's eighteen-year-old handyman, George (David Morrissey). As the affair grows in intensity, the naïve and inexperienced George finds himself possessed by an uncontrollable jealousy; the result is murder, and a harrowing courtroom drama that will scandalise a nation and engulf Alma in despair.
- Actors:
- Helen Mirren, Harry Andrews, David Suchet, David Morrissey, Norma West, Geoffrey Bayldon, Clive Swift, Oliver Ford Davies, Gillian Martell, Edmund Pegge, David Simeon, Neil Jeffery, Joe Anderson, Adam Blackwood, Alan Rowe, Timothy Kightley, Wendy Williams, Paul Greenhalgh, Robin Browne, Gordon Salkilld
- Directors:
- John Gorrie
- Producers:
- John Rosenberg
- Writers:
- Terence Rattigan, Ken Taylor
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
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Reviews (1) of Cause Célèbre
Great acting - Cause Célèbre review by MR
Thoroughly enjoyed this, mainly because of the uniformly terrific acting. It feels a bit stagey now and then, I believe it was made for tv, and it is divided up into 5 episodes. Very interesting to see David Morrissey's acting in 1987, he is very subtle and impressive, as an impulsive and movie-addicted character. Helen Mirren is extremely impressive as a rash and emotional character. Also wonderful to see David Suchet not being Poirot.
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