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Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley

5.4 (5 votes)• 2007• 120m•Released

Crime Drama TV Movie

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When Julie Bottomley discovers her husband of 10 years has been sleeping with her sister, her first instinct is to kill him. However, rather than risk life imprisonment herself, she devises a better plan to get revenge on Ian by faking her own death and framing him for murder. But can she resist the temptation to let her jailed husband know just how "Dead Clever" she's been?

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Languages: English

Director: Dearbhla Walsh

Starring Cast: Suranne Jones, Helen Baxendale, Dean Lennox Kelly, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Rachel Leskovac, Lesley Nicol

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