Another Life

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.

5.556

101 min

Cast

Natasha Little

as Edith Jessie Thompson

Nick Moran

as Percy Thompson

Ioan Gruffudd

as Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters

Imelda Staunton

as Ethel Graydon

Tom Wilkinson

as Mr. Carlton

Rachael Stirling

as Avis Graydon

Diana Coupland

as Mrs. Lester

Michael Bertenshaw

as William Graydon

Daniel Brocklebank

as Newnie

Elizabeth McKechnie

as Mrs. Thompson

Judy Clifton

as Nora Lester

Simon Paris

as Sgt. Mew

Alex Potter

as Young Billy

Anton Gregory

as Young Harold

Rikki Doughty

as Young Freddie

Juliet Forester

as Miss Prior

Helen Brampton

as Lily Thompson

Angela Hart

as Nun

Karen Powell

as Nun

Daniel Goode

as Kenneth

Gyuri Sarossy

as Archie

Arthur Gerard

as Mr Lester

Barbara Wilshere

as Mr Carlton's Whore

Nicholas Hutchison

as Dr Maudsley

Alan Leith

as Inspector Hall

Michael Sheard

as Mr. Justice Shearman

Bruce Purchase

as Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett

John Tordoff

as John Ellis

Richard Mayes

as Prison Chaplain

Director

Philip Goodhew