The Moonstone (1997)

Greg Wise Sense and Sensibility and Keeley Hawes Karaoke star in this sumptuous adaptation of Wilkie Collins classic mystery the first detective novel ever written The Moonstone a sacred Hindu diamond was stolen from the head of the Moon God in its shrine by John Herncastle in 1799 The stone is said to be cursed if it is removed from the shrine In 1848 a man named Franklin Blake announces to Rachel that the Moonstone has been bequeathed to her by Herncastle Blake gives her the jewel on her birthday and offers to mount the jewel for her in order that she might wear it Inevitably the jewel is found missing the next morning and Rachel believes Blake stole it Determined to prove his innocence Blake leaves in order to pursue the real truth behind the theft