Directed by:
Robert BiermanScreenplay:
Kevin ElyotComposer:
Rick WentworthCast:
Greg Wise, Keeley Hawes, Peter Vaughan, Patricia Hodge, Lesley Sharp, Paul Brooke, Antony Sher, Janet Henfrey, Elizabeth Berrington, Anton Lesser, Scott Handy (more)Plots(1)
In 1846, Herncastle visits his ister to wish his niece, Rachel, a happy birthday. His sister refuses to see him, and he vows that he will always remember his niece's birthday- a vow which later takes on sinister undertones. Two years later, just before Rachel's birthday, a man named Franklin Blake announces to Rachel that the Moonstone has been bequeathed to her by Herncastle. Blake gives her the jewel on her birthday and offers to mount the jewel for her, in order that she might wear it. Inevitably, the jewel is found missing the next morning and Rachel believes Blake stole it. Determined to prove his innocence, Blake leaves in order to pursue the real truth behind the theft. (official distributor synopsis)
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Greg Wise
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Peter Vaughan
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