Summary: When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions fall on the older woman's young lover, the newly widowed woman claims that it was she who was solely responsible for the death despite evidence that points to the contrary in this dramatic account of true-life 1935 trial that shocked all of England. (allmovie.com)

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AKA: Cause célèbre

Country: UK

Directed By: John Gorrie

Written By: Terence Rattigan, Ken Taylor

Starring: David Morrissey, Helen Mirren, David Suchet, Harry Andrews, Norma West

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