The main asset of made-for-TV adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s well-made but outmoded theatrical warhorse is its stunning performances.
As the 1935 murder trial of middle-aged Alma Rattenbury (Helen Mirren) and her much younger lover, George Bowman (David Morrissey), commences in London, they reflect on the price of their passion. Flashbacks reveal that only last year, Alma was resigned to cosseting her doting older husband, Francis (Harry Andrews), and caring for their two children. Despite the family's shaky finances, Alma advertised for a teenager servant to relieve their overtaxed housekeeper, and instead of selecting an after-school errand boy, hired h...
Released:
1987
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins