A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
2025 Drama, Crime 1 season
TMDB rating 6.5/10 Ended
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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TMDB rating 9.3/10
Cast and details
Lucy BoyntonRuth Ellis
Toby JonesJohn Bickford
Laurie DavidsonDavid Blakely
Mark StanleyDesmond Cussen
Arthur DarvillVictor Mishcon
Bessie CarterCarole Findlater
Joe ArmstrongDCI Davies
Nigel HaversCecil Havers
Toby StephensMelford Stevenson
Juliet StevensonDr. Charity Taylor
Ed SayerAnthony Findlater- Tony WadhamArthur Neilson
- Created by
- Kelly Jones
- Network
- ITV1
- First aired
- Feb 17, 2025
- Latest episode
- Mar 5, 2025
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