Crime

Another Life

- Love In Her Heart, Murder On Her Mind

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

Release Date : 2001-06-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Boxer FilmsAlibi PicturesArts Council of England

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Edith Jessie Thompson

Original Name : Natasha Little

Gender : Female

Character Name : Percy Thompson

Original Name : Nick Moran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters

Original Name : Ioan Gruffudd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ethel Graydon

Original Name : Imelda Staunton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Carlton

Original Name : Tom Wilkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Avis Graydon

Original Name : Rachael Stirling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Lester

Original Name : Diana Coupland

Gender : Female

Character Name : William Graydon

Original Name : Michael Bertenshaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newnie

Original Name : Daniel Brocklebank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Thompson

Original Name : Elizabeth McKechnie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nora Lester

Original Name : Judy Clifton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sgt. Mew

Original Name : Simon Paris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Billy

Original Name : Alex Potter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Harold

Original Name : Anton Gregory

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Freddie

Original Name : Rikki Doughty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Prior

Original Name : Juliet Forester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lily Thompson

Original Name : Helen Brampton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun

Original Name : Angela Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun

Original Name : Karen Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenneth

Original Name : Daniel Goode

Gender : Male

Character Name : Archie

Original Name : Gyuri Sarossy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Lester

Original Name : Arthur Gerard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Carlton's Whore

Original Name : Barbara Wilshere

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr Maudsley

Original Name : Nicholas Hutchison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Hall

Original Name : Alan Leith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Justice Shearman

Original Name : Michael Sheard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett

Original Name : Bruce Purchase

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Ellis

Original Name : John Tordoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Chaplain

Original Name : Richard Mayes

Gender : Male

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