Ruth Ellis: A Life for a LifeMovie
Documentary on Ruth Ellis, a Welsh-born model and actress, who was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom. She went to the gallows of London's Holloway prison on July 13, 1955, for the gunshot murder of her lover, David Blakely, on Easter Sunday, April 10, of that same year. She was 28 at the time and was hanged, despite a 50,000-signature petition from the British public for leniency.
About Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life
Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life is a 1999 documentary movie directed by Farren Blackburn.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 0m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Kirsty Wark, Fiona Ormiston, John Light, Peter Forbes. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
