Scandal

IMDb link: 0098260
IMDb rating: 6.4 (5,999 votes)
Genres: Drama, History
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: John Hurt, Ian McKellen, Bridget Fonda, Joanne Whalley and others

Release date: 28 Apr 1989
Release year: 1989
Runtime: 106 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: member of parliament, what happened to epilogue, female rear nudity, lust, infatuation, seduction, brunette, miscarriage of justice, media hype, scapegoat

Plot:

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. Based on the real Profumo scandal of 1963.

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