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Cause célèbre

  • Film per la TV
  • 1987
  • 1h 49min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,8/10
283
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Helen Mirren and Harry Andrews in Cause célèbre (1987)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaWhen a woman's husband is murdered by her lover, both are tried for murder. The prosecution claims that she is the mastermind behind the crime, but she has an ace up her sleeve.When a woman's husband is murdered by her lover, both are tried for murder. The prosecution claims that she is the mastermind behind the crime, but she has an ace up her sleeve.When a woman's husband is murdered by her lover, both are tried for murder. The prosecution claims that she is the mastermind behind the crime, but she has an ace up her sleeve.

  • Regia
    • John Gorrie
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Terence Rattigan
    • Ken Taylor
  • Star
    • Helen Mirren
    • Harry Andrews
    • David Suchet
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,8/10
    283
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • John Gorrie
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Terence Rattigan
      • Ken Taylor
    • Star
      • Helen Mirren
      • Harry Andrews
      • David Suchet
    • 11Recensioni degli utenti
    • 5Recensioni della critica
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    Interpreti principali25

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    Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren
    • Alma Rattenbury
    Harry Andrews
    Harry Andrews
    • Francis Rattenbury
    David Suchet
    David Suchet
    • T.J. O'Connor K.C.
    David Morrissey
    David Morrissey
    • George Bowman
    Norma West
    Norma West
    • Irene Riggs
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    • Mr. Justice Humphreys
    Clive Swift
    Clive Swift
    • R.P. Croom Johnson K.C.
    Oliver Ford Davies
    Oliver Ford Davies
    • J.D. Casswell
    Gillian Martell
    • Joan Webster
    Edmund Pegge
    Edmund Pegge
    • Constable Bagwell
    David Simeon
    • Inspector Carter
    Neil Jeffery
    • Christopher
    Joe Anderson
    Joe Anderson
    • Little John
    Adam Blackwood
    • Ewan Montagu
    Alan Rowe
    • E. Marshall Harvey
    Timothy Kightley
    • Lewis Manning
    Wendy Williams
    • Edith Davenport
    Paul Greenhalgh
    Paul Greenhalgh
    • Clerk of the court
    • Regia
      • John Gorrie
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Terence Rattigan
      • Ken Taylor
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    4Prismark10

    Cause célèbre

    Cause célèbre was essentially a television vehicle for Helen Mirren made by Anglia Television for ITV. It was made during the phase of Mirren's career where she would only keep her clothes on the screen for artistic merit.

    Inspired by the true life murder of architect Francis Rattenbury in 1935. This was an adaptation of the play written by Terence Rattigan. It is not a television movie as it was shot on video. More a feature length drama.

    As one of the main characters was still alive in 1987, some of the names have been fictionalised.

    David Morrissey plays George Bowman. An immature, angry 18 year old man who is employed as a chauffeur for the Rattenbury's. He becomes obsessed with crooner Alma Rattenbury (Mirren) who is in her 30s but married to the much older Francis Rattenbury (Harry Andrews) who she met in Canada.

    Both George and Alma embark on a torrid affair. George getting increasingly jealous of Alma's husband. When Francis is found bludgeoned to death, both stand trial for murder.

    Told in flashbacks, this is a dreary drama. There was no vigour in it and neither was it salacious enough. There is a good cast here but they are wasted. To me it did not work as a mystery or a courtroom thriller.
    nancinger

    i loved this story

    As usual, Helen Mirren has it all wrapped up. I knew it would be great when she goes from smiling to weeping in the course of 10 seconds at the piano scene near the beginning of the film. Amazing how she does that. THis character seemed lighter than most of the characters she plays--but underneath you know that she is suffering and drowning in her despair from the very beginning. You think that the woman is hopelessly flawed because of her seemingly superficial need for money and status, and for her interest in a much younger man. Then you realize she is playing such a complicated character that you can't even imagine how she did it. Helen mirren. Amazing.
    9artzau

    Gripping Melodrama

    Is it any wonder that the Brits kick our butts when it comes to putting out good theater? Look at this cast: Helen Mirren, David Morrissey, Harry Andrews and David Suchet in a pre-Hercule Poirot role as a barrister. The story based on a defense of a woman's (Mirren) live-in handy-man lover (Morrissey) who violently kills her elderly impotent husband (Andrews). The barrister mounts a defense of how this younger, naive man misinterpreted the woman's involvement with him. The case takes strange twists as the woman winds the unwilling other victim whose only crime is one of indiscretion. Fine, fine acting and a gripping, well-written drama. I'm amazed it is not available on video. If it rolls around on PBS, be sure to check it out.
    6bbigham

    Not a murder "mystery" as such

    If you are thinking about watching this movie, just be aware that it is NOT a murder "mystery" as such. Unfortunately, I got the DVD thinking it was more of an Agatha Christie type story, and spent the entire time trying to figure out who really "done it." I was very disappointed when the typical twists and turns of a true mystery didn't materialize.

    If my expectations had been different, I might have enjoyed this movie more. The set design was superb, as was most of the acting and the dialog (although, without subtitles, the British accent was a bit difficult for me to understand at times).

    On the other hand, I might have been disappointed anyway, since the story is somewhat disjointed and I never bought into the relationships between the characters (the two mismatched lovers, the husband and wife, the wife and 'companion' etc.) The story might have been true, but that doesn't necessarily make it a good movie.
    5JonathanWalford

    Bit of a Snore-fest

    Helen Mirren is wonderful, in fact all the actors are excellent in their roles but good acting does not a good film make. There also needs to be great directing and writing to make a film great and at the heart of this production is a poorly written storyline that builds no suspense or offers any surprise. The lack of mystery and passion caused me to lose interest in the story, but the book I read about this event kept me reading until the end. This film tells us very little about Mr. Rattenbury's background and what we are told about Mrs. Rattenbury is irrelevant to the story. Who is the maid/companion and maybe we could see a more passionate chauffeur...

    Artistic and technical merit are also necessary for a great production and this film suffers from having been shot on video, which is distracting and immediately pegs the film as a 1970s or 1980s British television production.

    This film could be remade. There is great potential for a story that captures the 'cause celebe' of the original murder and trial, like Changling... any takers?

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      The story is based on the true story of the murder of Francis Rattenbury, and is faithful to the facts. However George's surname had to be changed as the real person (George Percy Stoner) was alive when the play was written and when the television adaptation was produced.
    • Blooper
      When Helen Mirren takes the train ride at the end of the film, the train is composed of British Railways compartment stock built in the late 1950s. More than 20 years too modern for the supposed date.
    • Citazioni

      Francis Rattenbury: Why the hell I ever let you drag me down to this god-forsaken hole, I don't know.

      Alma Rattenbury: You know why, darling - we wanted the fresh air...

      Francis Rattenbury: And that's just about all we're going to have to live on.

    • Connessioni
      References I lancieri del Bengala (1935)
    • Colonne sonore
      Roses of Picardy
      (uncredited)

      Music by Haydn Wood

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      • 23 agosto 1987 (Regno Unito)
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