Scandal

1989 film by Michael Caton-Jones
Movie film Q303391
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Scandal

Summary

Scandal is a film[1]. Scandal ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (937 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scandal's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Scandal was directed by Michael Caton-Jones[4].
  • Michael Thomas wrote the screenplay for Scandal[5].
  • Scandal's composer is recorded as Carl Davis[6].
  • Scandal's genre is drama film[7].
  • A cast member of Scandal was John Hurt[8].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Joanne Whalley[9].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Bridget Fonda[10].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Ian McKellen[11].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Leslie Phillips[12].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Britt Ekland[13].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Daniel Massey[14].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Roland Gift[15].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Jeroen Krabbé[16].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Iain Cuthbertson[17].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Keith Allen[18].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Oliver Ford Davies[19].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Paul Brooke[20].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Ralph Brown[21].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Ronald Fraser[22].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Jean Alexander[23].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Deborah Grant[24].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Alex Norton[25].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Johnny Shannon[26].
  • A cast member of Scandal was Leon Herbert[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Scandal was produced by Stephen Woolley[28]. Scandal was directed by Michael Caton-Jones[4]. Michael Thomas wrote the screenplay for Scandal[5]. Cast members include John Hurt[8], Joanne Whalley[9], Bridget Fonda[10], Ian McKellen[11], Leslie Phillips[12], and Britt Ekland[13].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1989[29] and July 13, 1989[30]. The original language of Scandal was English[31]. Scandal's genre is drama film[7]. Scandal was distributed by video on demand[32].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Profumo Affair[33], sex scandal[34], and Christine Keeler[35].

Reception

Reviews include 91%[36] and 7.4/10[37].

Why It Matters

Scandal ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (937 views/month).[2] Scandal has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Scandal is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Scandal. Retrieved October 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scandal-q303391
MLA “Scandal.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scandal-q303391.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scandal-q303391_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Scandal}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scandal-q303391}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-07}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Scandal — https://4ort.xyz/entity/scandal-q303391 (retrieved 2026-10-07)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/scandal-q303391 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 45831
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7222]]: 45831, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/258718310|スキャンダル(1989) (#258718310)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7457|Eiga.com movie]] #mix"
  2. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 98260
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 98260, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  3. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 71158
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 71158, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1963
    Publication date → +1989-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1989-07-13T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Michael Thomas
    Duration → {'amount': '+115'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.