Lady Godiva (1955)
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To say that Lady Godiva is historically inaccurate is a moot point, since most historians agree that the whole Lady Godiva story never happened. At any rate, Maureen O'Hara stars in the title role, as the rebellious Saxon wife of a Norman nobleman. To show her fidelity to her people, and to protest Norman taxation, Lady Godiva rides naked through the streets of Coventry. All the elements of the original middle-ages legend are in attendance, including the blinding of "Peeping Tom" (about the only effective moment in the whole film). Whatever audience titillation there might have been in the dreary climactic ride was dissipated by tons of studio publicity which insisted that Maureen O'Hara wasn't really naked under her long red tresses. Lady Godiva is interesting only for its supporting cast, including such veterans as Victor McLaglen and a few newcomers like Clint Eastwood. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Maureen O'Hara - Lady Godiva
- Victor McLaglen - Grimald
- Torin Thatcher - Lord Godwin
- Leslie E. Bradley - Count Eustace
- Arthur Shields - Innkeeper
- Arthur E. Gould-Porter - Thorold
- Anthony Eustrel - Prior
- Thayer Roberts - William
- Alec Harford - Tom the Tailor
- Maya Van Horn - Frenchwoman
- Philo McCullough - Captain
- George Nader - Lord Leofric
- Rex Reason - Harold
- Eduard Franz - King Edward the Confessor
- Henry Brandon - Bejac
- Robert Warwick - Humbert
- Grant Withers - Pendar
- Kathryn Givney - Abbess
- Jack Grinnage - Blacksmith's Son
- Olive Sturgess - Girl
- Clint Eastwood - 1st Saxon
- Rhodes Reason - Sweyn
- Director(s):
- Arthur Lubin
- Writer(s):
- Harry Ruskin, Oscar Brodney
- Producer(s):
- Robert Arthur
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