[PAR] [TLE] Dance with a Stranger [SEP] Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British drama film, directed by Mike Newell.  Telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in the 1950s, this moving biographical British film won critical acclaim, and brought particular notice to the careers of both Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett.  The screenplay was by Shelagh Delaney, author of "A Taste of Honey", and her third major screenplay.  The story of Ellis, which this film dramatises, has very considerable resonance in Britain since it provided part of the background to the long-term national debates which led to the progressive abolition of capital punishment from 1965 on. [PAR] [TLE] Ruth Ellis [SEP] Ruth Ellis (9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely.
[PAR] [TLE] Dance with a Stranger [ SEP ] Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British drama film , directed by Mike Newell . Telling the story of Ruth Ellis , the last woman to be hanged in Britain in the 1950s , this moving biographical British film won critical acclaim , and brought particular notice to the careers of both Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett . The screenplay was by Shelagh Delaney , author of " A Taste of Honey " , and her third major screenplay . The story of Ellis , which this film dramatises , has very considerable resonance in Britain since it provided part of the background to the long - term national debates which led to the progressive abolition of capital punishment from 1965 on . [PAR] [TLE] Ruth Ellis [ SEP ] Ruth Ellis ( 9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955 ) was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom , after being convicted of the murder of her lover , David Blakely .
Who was the victim of the crime that gave rise to the events of the film Dance with a Stranger ?
Who was the victim of the crime that gave rise to the events of the film Dance with a Stranger ?
David Blakely.
David Blakely.