Dance with a Stranger (1985)

100 Essential Female Film Performances (99 movies items)

"Miranda Richardson Playing the real-life character of Ruth Ellis, a night club “hostess” who was the last woman in England to be executed, Richardson, in her film debut, defines slow-burning sexual obsession and keenly examines a desperate woman’s romantic obsession in a way that recalls the great noirs of the ‘50s. Devoid of schmaltz, Newell’s film also functions as an interesting look at the differences in class in England at the time, a woman’s place in society (especially as she "