(Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

60 minutes

Year:

1999

Directors:

Farren Blackburn

Production companies:

BBC

Actors:

Self - Presenter

Ruth Ellis

David Blakely

Desmond Cussen

Mr. Justice Havers

Crews:

Director

Executive Producer

Producer

First Assistant Director