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The Moonstone

The Moonstone

TV Movie, Crime, Mystery, Drama

2h 8m

December 29, 1996 (28 years ago)

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Greg Wise

Greg Wise

Franklin Blake

Birthday: May 15, 1966

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Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes

Rachel Verinder

Birthday: February 10, 1976

2049
Terrence Hardiman

Terrence Hardiman

Colonel Sir John Herncastle

Birthday: April 6, 1937

59 May 8, 2023 (86)
Mellan Mitchell

Mellan Mitchell

Cut-throat Indian

Birthday: -

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Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Gabriel Betteredge

Birthday: April 4, 1923

73 December 6, 2016 (93)
Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Lady Julia Verinder

Birthday: September 29, 1946

5078
Rachel Lumberg

Rachel Lumberg

Penelope

Birthday: -

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Nicholas Lane

Nicholas Lane

Samuel

Birthday: -

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Surinder Duhra

Surinder Duhra

Indian

Birthday: December 15, 1965

3159
Lesley Sharp

Lesley Sharp

Rosanna Spearman

Birthday: April 3, 1960

3665