---
title: 'Scandal (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Caton-Jones'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scandal-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098260/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scandal (1989)

1989 · 115 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Scandal is a 1989 British historical drama film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair that rocked the government of British prime minister Harold Macmillan. It stars Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler and John Hurt as Stephen Ward, personalities at the heart of the affair.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Caton-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caton-jones)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-thomas)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carl Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-davis)
- **Producer:** [Stephen Woolley](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-woolley)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mike Molloy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-molloy)

## Cast

- [Keith Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-allen) as Kevin
- [Roland Gift](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-gift) as Johnny Edgecombe
- [Iain Cuthbertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/iain-cuthbertson) as Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
- [Leon Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-herbert) as Aloysius Gordon
- [Alex Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-norton) as Detective Inspector
- [Bridget Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-fonda) as Mandy Rice-Davies
- [John Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hurt) as Stephen Ward
- [Daniel Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-massey) as Mervyn Griffith-Jones
- [Oliver Ford Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-ford-davies)
- [Deborah Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-grant) as Valerie Hobson
- [Britt Ekland](https://cinepixo.com/people/britt-ekland) as Mariella Novotny
- [Ian McKellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mckellen) as John Profumo
- [Jeroen Krabbé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeroen-krabbe) as Yevgeny Ivanov
- [Joanne Whalley](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanne-whalley) as Christine Keeler
- [Jean Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-alexander) as Mrs. Keeler

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/scandal-1989
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