![Cause Célèbre](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yQ6oOwVau5YY0D8okwkU22bXhTL.jpg)
Cause Célèbre
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When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions fall on the older woman's young lover, the newly widowed woman claims that it was she who was solely responsible for the death despite evidence that points to the contrary in this dramatic account of true-life 1935 trial that shocked all of England. Though notable evidence and strong suspicion suggests that the murder may have been of crime of passion perpetrated by the jealous lover only half her age, Alma Rattenbury (Helen Mirren) confesses to the murder of her husband and is soon brought to trial. Despite the fact that Alma is already being deemed guilty by the general public for her adulterous indiscretion alone, her lawyer, star attorney T.J. O'Connor (David Suchet), remains convinced that his client will eventually be cleared of all charges.
Cast
![Helen Mirren](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1reKRrsdsHXJaRVHVyOEg4oPTcZ.jpg)
Helen Mirren
Alma Rattenbury
![Harry Andrews](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bKuzFkPNvvuqlxnJD06WT0r9WK4.jpg)
Harry Andrews
Francis Rattenbury
![David Suchet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4X4TT8Uf8mAmRIYgYh4EeR4mWva.jpg)
David Suchet
T.J. O'Connor
![David Morrissey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nBhEs81m2Uo5mZksnU4eLDN6LO6.jpg)
David Morrissey
George Bowman
![Norma West](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//esFE4CBJE06T6jHpZWZt4Usrp4Q.jpg)
Norma West
Irene Riggs
![Oliver Ford Davies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hDdpoEWtNd0c46PcuORomdEI5j0.jpg)
Oliver Ford Davies
J.D. Casswell
![Clive Swift](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sPd0mGH6NPvlTuRsHre0schakjz.jpg)
Clive Swift
P.P. Croom Johnson
![Geoffrey Bayldon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//11XZ9KrxGBzDzWarlEPv1sBLIGE.jpg)
Geoffrey Bayldon
Mr. Justice Humphreys
![Gillian Martell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gillian Martell
Joan Webster
![Edmund Pegge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qpfnthqNWWet558R7RcXQIF8IKp.jpg)
Edmund Pegge
Constable Bagwell
![David Simeon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//p7im1W2IaY5psSYtQ3EZOwKPpww.jpg)
David Simeon
Inspector Carter
![Neil Jeffery](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Neil Jeffery
Christopher
![Joe Anderson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x0Fz2mIMU4Prk7I43pn87Fyno40.jpg)
Joe Anderson
Little John
![Adam Blackwood](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Adam Blackwood
Ewan Montagu
![Alan Rowe](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alan Rowe
E. Marshall Harvey
![Timothy Kightley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aBvwlVRMklPdCPUIT1XfkViiWKz.jpg)
Timothy Kightley
Lewis Manning
![Wendy Williams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xnlUp2cFfsHTerJoaQ0ttxDxlGE.jpg)
Wendy Williams
Edith Davenport
![Paul Greenhalgh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ekUQidfaji0iWqabH11wZyybFC0.jpg)
Paul Greenhalgh
Clerk of the Court
![Robin Browne](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robin Browne
Usher
![Gordon Salkilld](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gordon Salkilld
Foreman of the Jury
![Peter van Dissel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter van Dissel
1st Reporter
![Gil Sutherland](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gil Sutherland
2nd Reporter
![Harry Fielder](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)