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. Though notable evidence and strong suspicion suggests that the murder may have been of crime of passion perpetrated by the jealous lover only half her age, Alma Rattenbury (Helen Mirren) confesses to the murder of her husband and is soon brought to trial. Despite the fact that Alma is already being deemed guilty by the general public for her adulterous indiscretion alone, her lawyer, star attorney T.J. O'Connor (David Suchet), remains convinced that his client will eventually be cleared of all charges.
as Alma Rattenbury
as Francis Rattenbury
as T.J. O'Connor
as George Bowman
as Irene Riggs
as J.D. Casswell
as P.P. Croom Johnson
as Mr. Justice Humphreys
as Joan Webster
as Constable Bagwell
as Inspector Carter
as Christopher
as Little John
as Ewan Montagu
as E. Marshall Harvey
as Lewis Manning
as Edith Davenport
as Clerk of the Court
as Usher
as Foreman of the Jury
as 1st Reporter
as 2nd Reporter
as Policeman
