Robert Bierman
Director
The Moonstone (1996)
Overview
Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility) and Keeley Hawes (Karaoke) star in this sumptuous adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic mystery, the first detective novel ever written. The Moonstone, a sacred Hindu diamond was stolen from the head of the Moon God, in its shrine by John Herncastle in 1799. The stone is said to be cursed if it is removed from the shrine. In 1848, 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.70%
Kevin Elyot
Screenplay
Cast
Greg Wise
Franklin Blake
Keeley Hawes
Rachel Verinder
Terrence Hardiman
Colonel Sir John Herncastle
Mellan Mitchell
Cut-throat Indian
Peter Vaughan
Gabriel Betteredge
Patricia Hodge
Lady Julia Verinder
Rachel Lumberg
Penelope
Nicholas Lane
Samuel
Surinder Duhra
Indian
Lesley Sharp
Rosanna Spearman
Kacey Ainsworth
Drusilla Clack
Scott Handy
Godfrey Ablewhite
Greg Wise
Franklin Blake
Keeley Hawes
Rachel Verinder
Terrence Hardiman
Colonel Sir John Herncastle
Mellan Mitchell
Cut-throat Indian
Peter Vaughan
Gabriel Betteredge
Patricia Hodge
Lady Julia Verinder
Rachel Lumberg
Penelope
Nicholas Lane
Samuel
Surinder Duhra
Indian
Lesley Sharp
Rosanna Spearman
Kacey Ainsworth
Drusilla Clack
Scott Handy
Godfrey Ablewhite
Extra
Release Date
December 29, 1996Original Language
EnglishBudget
$0.00Production Company
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