comfortable profit. Goldcrest Films invested £253,000 in the film and received £361,000, making them a profit of £108,000. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 91%, based on reviews from 11 critics. Accolades Mike Newell won Award of the Youth at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival for Dance with a Stranger. Miranda Richardson won Best Actress at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and Ian Holm won Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1985 for this and other performances. References External links 1985 films 1985 drama films British prison drama films Biographical films about criminals Films about capital punishment Women in prison films Films directed by Mike Newell Films set in the 1950s Cultural depictions of Ruth Ellis 1980s English-language films 1980s prison drama films 1980s British films