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Arthur & George (2015)
Directed by Stuart Orme
Overview
In 1906, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, having lost his first wife, was overcome with grief; even Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson refused his call. It was only when his secretary, Woodie, presented him with an apparent real-life miscarriage of justice, that he could be roused to action. The case in question was that of George Edalji, a Parsee solicitor, who was imprisoned for writing obscene letters and killing livestock in Great Wyrley, Staffordshire. George needed Arthur’s help to clear his name. However, as the twists and turns of the case unfold, Arthur himself questions George’s innocence. It is only by finding the true culprit, that Arthur can finally put the case, and his grief, to rest; whilst simultaneously becoming influential in a major reform to the English judicial system.
Length 135 minutes
Actors
Martin Clunes | Charles Edwards | Arsher Ali | Art Malik | Hattie Morahan | Emma Fielding | Alan McKenna | Conleth Hill | Pearl Chanda | Hilary Maclean | Matthew Marsh | Timothy Watson | John Hollingworth | Ciaran Owens | Simon Meacock | Nicholas Chambers | Aaron Chawla | Dean Ashton | Michael Hadley | Sonia Ritter | Morfydd Clark