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Dance with a Stranger

It wasn't simply love. It was a case of cold-blooded passion.

Rating 6.1 / 10Release March 1, 1985Runtime 96 min

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

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