Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a feature film based upon the 1971 BBC miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Keith Michell weathers several makeup changes as the much-married titular monarch. While the miniseries was able to explore the political and personal reasons for the selection (and sometimes rejection) of the wives, the shortened version concentrates chiefly on such highlights as the birth of Queen Elizabeth and the execution of Anne Boleyn. The film is constructed in flashback form, with an aged Henry recalling his marital record. Side note: Donald Pleasence appears as Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII and His Six Wives; Pleasence's daughter Angela had played Katherine Howard, Bride No. 5, in the original Six Wives of Henry VIII. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Keith Michell - Henry VIII
- Charlotte Rampling - Anne Boleyn
- Frances Cuka - Katherine of Aragon
- Nicholas Amer - Chapuys
- Brian Blessed - Suffolk
- Michael Goodliffe - Thomas More
- Peter Madden - Fisher
- Peter Clay - Thomas Seymour
- Alan Rowe - French Ambassador
- Imogen Claire - Maria de Salinas
- Damien Thomas - Smeaton
- Colin Rix - Bowes
- Sarah Long - Mary
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Catherine Parr
- Michael Godfrey - Sir Ralph Ellerker
- Michael Byrne - Edward Seymour
- Donald Pleasence - Thomas Cromwell
- Jane Asher - Jane Seymour
- Lynne Frederick - Catherine Howard
- John Bennett - Wriothesley
- Jenny Bos - Anne Of Cleves
- Bernard Hepton - Crammer
- Garfield Morgan - Cardiner
- David Baillie - Norris
- Simon Henderson - Prince Edward
- Rick Warner - Warham
- Robin Sachs - Thomas Culpepper
- Mark York - Brereton
- Clive Merrison - Weston
- Michael Gough - Norfolk
- John Bryans - Wolsey
- Basil Clarke - Abbot
- Director(s):
- Waris Hussein
- Writer(s):
- Ian Thorne
- Producer(s):
- Roy Baird, Mark Shivas
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