The Moonstone (1996)
2h 8m
Running Time
December 29, 1996Release Date
The Moonstone (1996)
2h 8m
Running Time
December 29, 1996Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Greg Wise
Franklin Blake
Greg Wise
Franklin Blake
Keeley Hawes
Rachel Verinder
Terrence Hardiman
Colonel Sir John Herncastle
Peter Vaughan
Gabriel Betteredge
Mellan Mitchell
Cut-throat Indian
Patricia Hodge
Lady Julia Verinder
Robert Bierman
Director
Rachel Lumberg
Penelope
Wilkie Collins
Writer
Kevin Elyot
Writer
Nicholas Lane
Samuel
Chris Parr
Producer
Surinder Duhra
Indian
Lesley Sharp
Rosanna Spearman
Rick Wentworth
Composer
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Wiki.
The Moonstone is a television drama series based on the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It was broadcast in two parts in 1996.