Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
- Starring:
- Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Bolt
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Lady Caroline Lamb
Screenwriter Robert Bolt's directorial debut is a lushly romantic saga concerning the 1812 love affair between the wife of William Lamb, Lord of Melbourne, and the author of the poem Childe Harold, Lord Byron. Excited and embarrassed by the attendant affections heaped upon him, Byron found his writing talent waning, and in 1813 the lovers ended their affair. In her first novel, Glenarvon in 1816, Lady Lamb included a satiric portrait of her former lover. But when she later witnessed Byron's funeral in 1828, she was so affected by his death she never mentally recovered from the trauma. The film charts the doomed romantic course for Lady Caroline Lamb (Sarah Miles), beginning with her marriage to the politically promising William Lamb (Jon Finch) and continuing with her scandalous affair with Byron (Richard Chamberlain). The film then chronicles Lady Caroline Lamb's supreme sacrifice on behalf of her husband's political career. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 123 mins
Complete Cast of Lady Caroline Lamb
- Sarah Miles - Lady Caroline Lamb
- Richard Chamberlain - Lord Byron
- Margaret Leighton - Lady Melbourne
- Fanny Rowe - Lady Holland
- Paddy Joyce - Irish housekeeper
- John Rapley - 2nd Partner
- Trevor Peacock - Agent
- Mario Maranzana - Coachman
- Janet Key - Miss Fairfax
- Roy Stewart - Black Pug
- Norman Mitchell - Restaurant Functionary
- Robert Mill - Wellington's Aide de Camp
- Laurence Olivier - Duke of Wellington
- Michael Wilding, Sr. - Lord Holland
- Richard Hurndall - Radical Member
- Joyce Carey - Marquise
- Sonia Dresdel - Lady Pont
- Caterina Boratto
- Jon Finch - William Lamb
- John Mills - Canning
- Pamela Brown - Lady Bessborough
- Felicity Gibson - Girl In Blue
- Ralph Richardson - George IV
- Maureen Pryor - Mrs. Buller
- Silvia Monti - Miss Milbanke
- Preston Lockwood - 1st Partner
- Bernard Kay - Benson
- Robert Harris - Apothecary
- John Moffatt - Murray
- Stephen Sheppard - Buckham
- Peter Bull - Government Minister
- Ralph Truman - Admiral
- Nicholas Field - St. John
- Charles Carson - Mr. Potter
- Timothy Dalton
- Director(s):
- Robert Bolt
- Writer(s):
- Robert Bolt
- Producer(s):
- Bernard Williams, Fernando Ghia, Franco Cristaldi
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