Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

• National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
• Goldcrest
• Miranda Richardson
• Rupert Everett
• Ian Holm
• Matthew Carroll
• Tom Chadbon
• Jane Bertish
• David Troughton
• Paul Mooney