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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025)

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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Crime, Drama, Historical

February 16th, 2025

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Follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged.

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Cast

Toby Stephens
Melford Stevenson QC
Toby Jones
John Bickford
Joe Armstrong
DCI Davies
Toby Jones
John Bickford
Mark Stanley
Desmond Cussen
Toby Stephens
Melford Stevenson QC
Lucy Boynton
Ruth Ellis
Mark Stanley
Desmond Cussen, Desmond Cusson
Lucy Boynton
Ruth Ellis
Juliet Stevenson
Dr. Charity Taylor
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Directors

Lee Haven Jones
(4 episodes, 2025)
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Producers

Kate Bartlett
executive producer
(4 episodes, 2025)
Angie Daniell
producer
(4 episodes, 2025)
Antonia Gordon
executive producer
(4 episodes, 2025)
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Writers

Kelly Jones
(unknown episodes)
Full cast & crew

Keywords

tv mini series
legal drama
true crime

Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

February 17th, 2025 (Canada) (internet)
July 24th, 2025 (Finland) (TV and Internet)
February 16th, 2025 (France) (internet)
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Alternative Titles

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (Australia)
Ruth (Brazil)
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (Canada)
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Locations

Dorchester Prison, Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK

Production Companies

Silverprint Pictures

Distribution Companies

BritBox (VOD)
ITV Studios (Tuvalu)
Yleisradio (YLE) (Tuvalu) (also Internet)

Other Companies

Setkeeper (models) / (Production Office Software)
The Look (visual effects) / (post production facilities) / (post-production facilities)
Metropolitan Police Film Unit (thanks)
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