Told over two parallel timelines, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story reveals secret truths about the case which have remained hidden for decades, poses tantalising questions about what really happened in the months before Ruth killed her lover David Blakely, and sheds light on the life of one of Britain's most infamous murderesses.The drama depicts Ruth's entry into a dizzying upper class London world that promises so much, but ultimately delivers treachery. We follow her glamorous lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her abusive relationship with the man she later gunned down in cold blood, her arrest, trial and the subsequent legal fight to reprieve her before she was hanged by infamous hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, in Holloway Prison, aged just 28.

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Released: Unknown
Genres: Drama Crime History
AKA: Ruth
Countries: United Kingdom
Companies: Silverprint Pictures ITV1
Cast: Toby Jones Mark Stanley Lucy Boynton Laurie Davidson
Crew: Kate Bartlett Angie Daniell Carol Ann Lee Antonia Gordon

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