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Scandal

The story that seduced the world is now the most controversial film of the year.

1989 · R · 1h 55m

Directed by Michael Caton-Jones

6.0

TMDB audience score
106 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • John Hurt
    Stephen Ward

  • Joanne Whalley
    Christine Keeler

  • Bridget Fonda
    Mandy Rice-Davies

  • Ian McKellen
    John Profumo

  • Leslie Phillips
    Lord Astor

  • Britt Ekland
    Mariella Novotny

  • Daniel Massey
    Mervyn Griffith-Jones

  • Roland Gift
    Johnnie Edgecombe

  • Alex Norton
    Detective Inspector

  • Ronald Fraser
    Justice Marshall

  • Paul Brooke
    Detective Sergeant

  • Jeroen Krabbé
    Eugene Ivanov

  • Keith Allen
    Kevin

  • Ralph Brown
    Paul Mann

  • Ken Campbell
    Editor of Pictorial

  • Trevor Eve
    Matinée Idol

  • Iain Cuthbertson
    Lord Hailsham

  • Oliver Ford Davies
    Mr Woods