Scandal is a British drama film, a fictionalised account of the Profumo Affair based on 1987 Anthony Summers' book Honeytrap. Starring Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler and John Hurt as Stephen Ward, personalities at the heart of the affair, the film details the scandal that, in 1963, rocked the government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and may have contributed to the defeat of the ruling Conservative Party at the following year's general election. The cast also includes Ian McKellen as John Profumo, Britt Ekland as Mariella Novotny, Bridget Fonda as Mandy Rice-Davies, Leslie... Phillips as Lord Astor, and Roland Gift as Johnnie Edgecombe. The film's theme song "Nothing Has Been Proved" was written and produced by Pet Shop Boys and sung by Dusty Springfield. The film was screened out of competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party.
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| Release date: | March 3, 1989 |
| Directed by: | Michael Caton-Jones |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Stephen Woolley |
| Editor: | Angus Newton |
| Music by: | Carl Davis |
| Cinematography: | Mike Molloy |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Thomas |