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Director:
Charles Jarrott
Writer (WGA):
William Luce (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 April 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Stale version of the famous love affair stiffly acted... more (5 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Anthony Andrews ... Prince of Wales

Jane Seymour ... Wallis Simpson

Olivia de Havilland ... Aunt Bessie Merryman
Lucy Gutteridge ... Thelma

Tom Wilkinson ... Ernest Simpson

Julie Harris ... Alice
Robert Hardy ... Winston Churchill
Phyllis Calvert ... Queen Mary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mona Bruce ... Mrs. Baldwin
Richenda Carey ... Maud Kerr-Smiley
Elizabeth Counsell ... Katherine Rogers

Susan Denaker ... Connie Thaw
Rupert Frazer ... Lord Perry Brownlow
Peter Graves ... Lord Reith
John Horsley ... Justice Sir John Hawke
Helen Horton ... Martha
Evelyn Laye ... Lady Cunard
Vincent Marzello ... Benny Thaw
Charlotte Mitchell ... Lady Chatfield
Claire Parker ... Rosemary

William Roberts ... Herman Rogers
Margaretta Scott ... Lady Wigram
Amanda Walker ... Betty Lawson-Johnson
David Waller ... Stanley Baldwin
Paul Williamson ... Inspector Evans
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:100 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK
Company:
Harlech Television (HTV) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last film role of Margaretta Scott. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In one funeral scene flashback set in 1972 the coffin is carried in, correctly, with the Duke of Windsor's flag, but the trumpeters have the "GR" cipher of George V, last used in 1936 more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Stale version of the famous love affair stiffly acted..., 7 October 2006
4/10
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

One would think that with all the lavish care and expense that went into this made-for-TV movie, it would reflect something of the taste and manners of the upper class couple--Wallis Simpson and the Prince of Wales--instead of being a mawkish, unappetizing historical romance.

Nor is it helped by the fact that JANE SEYMOUR and ANTHONY ANDREWS give stiff, rather uncomfortable to watch performances in which the events move much too slowly to hold attention.

It's hard to understand why a star of OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND's caliber would wish to play the supporting role of Aunt Bessie since the role is so colorless she just about fades out of sight. At this stage in her career, Olivia was appearing in so many "nobility" roles requiring a regal presence but nothing more.

A trivial movie best left forgotten among all the made-for-TV movies of that era.

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