Stonehouse
2023, Series, 60 min, Biography, Comedy, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 65
Scandal & deceit - the gripping true story of John Stonehouse, MP
Drama following the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying minister under Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s government vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in Florida in November 1974, leaving a neatly folded pile of clothes as he swam into the sea, intent on faking his own death.
Directed by Jon S. Baird
Cast
- Matthew Macfadyen as John Stonehouse
- Simon Greenall as Speaker at The House of Commons
- Kevin McNally as Harold Wilson
- Dorothy Atkinson as Betty Boothroyd
- Keeley Hawes as Barbara Stonehouse
- Orla Hill as Jane Stonehouse
- Aoife Checkland as Julia Stonehouse
- Emer Heatley as Sheila Buckley
- Archie Barnes as Matthew Stonehouse
- Celia Robertson as Civil Servant
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