The Moonstone (1996 film)

The Moonstone
Genre	Mystery, Period drama
Based on	The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Written by	Kevin Elyot
Directed by	Robert Bierman
Starring	Greg Wise Keeley Hawes Peter Vaughan Antony Sher
Music by	Rick Wentworth
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	George Faber Rebecca Eaton
Producer	Chris Parr
Cinematography	John Daly
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	BBC WGBH Boston
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	29 December (1996-12-29) – 30 December 1996 (1996-12-30)
Network	PBS
Release	2 November 1997 (1997-11-02)

The Moonstone is a television drama series based on the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. ^{[1] [2]} It was broadcast in two parts in 1996. ^[3]

Cast

• Greg Wise as Franklin Blake
• Keeley Hawes as Rachel Verinder
• Terrence Hardiman as Col. Sir John Hardcastle
• Peter Vaughan as Gabriel Betterege
• Patricia Hodge as Lady Julia Verinder
• Antony Sher as Sergeant Cuff
• Anton Lesser as Ezra Jennings
• Paul Brooke as Dr. Candy
• Scott Handy as Godfrey Ablewhite
• Lesley Sharp as Rosanna Spearman
• Kacey Ainsworth as Drusilla Clack
• Peter Jeffrey as Mr Bruff

References

1. "The Moonstone: 1". 29 December 1996. p. 124 – via BBC Genome.
2. "The Moonstone Part Two (1996)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019.
3. Robert McCrum (15 May 2014). "An introduction to The Moonstone". British Library. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

External links

• The Moonstone (1996) at IMDb