Scandal (1989)DVD VHS | Cast list | | John Hurt | as | Stephen Ward | | Joanne Whalley | as | Christine Keeler (as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) | | Bridget Fonda | as | Mandy Rice-Davies | | Ian McKellen | as | John Profumo | | Leslie Phillips | as | Lord Astor (Bill) | | Britt Ekland | as | Mariella Novotny | | Daniel Massey | as | Mervyn Griffith-Jones | | Roland Gift | as | Johnnie Edgecombe | | Jean Alexander | as | Mrs. Keeler | | Alex Norton | as | Detective Inspector | | Ronald Fraser | as | Justice Marshall | | Paul Brooke | as | John, Detective Sgt. | | Jeroen Krabbé | as | Eugene Ivanov (as Jeroen Krabbe) | | Keith Allen | as | Kevin, Reporter Sunday Pictorial | | Ralph Brown | as | Paul Mann |
| | Crew list: | | Michael Caton-Jones (Director) | | Michael Thomas (Writer) |
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Review
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom. Based on the real Profumo scandal of 1963. |
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