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Property Rites

Partly based on a true event, the death in 1817 of a Birmingham woman, Mary Ashford, and the consequent trial of a local man, Abraham Thornton, for her rape and murder. The film is concerned with the response of her contemporaries to her behaviour on the night before she died, and by situating this within the fictional circumstances of a modern woman, explores current attitudes to rape, and the forces and assumptions underlying them.

Top Cast

  • Sally Eldridge

    Sally Eldridge

    Cathy

  • Sianna King

    Sianna King

    Lynn

  • Len Edwards

    Len Edwards

    Dr. Booker

  • Paul Farla

    Paul Farla

    Broadside Seller

  • Alton Douglas

    Alton Douglas

    Friend to Justice

  • Jean Mullholland

    Jean Mullholland

  • Denise Robertson

    Denise Robertson

  • Catherine Hall

    Catherine Hall

Overview

Partly based on a true event, the death in 1817 of a Birmingham woman, Mary Ashford, and the consequent trial of a local man, Abraham Thornton, for her rape and murder. The film is concerned with the response of her contemporaries to her behaviour on the night before she died, and by situating this within the fictional circumstances of a modern woman, explores current attitudes to rape, and the forces and assumptions underlying them.

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