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Lady Caroline Lamb

Year:

1973

Duration:

123 min

Genres:

Drama | History | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Robert Bolt

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1973-10-19

Filming Locations: Italy

Cast

Actor

Character

Fanny Rowe

Lady Caroline Lamb

Sarah Miles

Lady Caroline Lamb

Jon Finch

William Lamb

Richard Chamberlain

Lord Byron

John Mills

Canning

Margaret Leighton

Lady Melbourne

Pamela Brown

Lady Bessborough

Silvia Monti

Miss Milbanke

Ralph Richardson

George IV

Laurence Olivier

Duke of Wellington

Caterina Boratto

Peter Bull

Minister

Charles Carson

Potter

Sonia Dresdel

Lady Pont

Nicholas Field

St. John

Felicity Gibson

Girl in Blue

Robert Harris

Apothecary

Richard Hurndall

Radical

Paddy Joyce

Irish housekeeper

Bernard Kay

Benson

Janet Key

Miss Fairfax

Mario Maranzana

Coachman

Robert Mill

ADC to Wellington

Norman Mitchell

Restaurant functionary

John Moffatt

Murray

Trevor Peacock

Agent

Maureen Pryor

Mrs. Butler

Stephen Sheppard

Buckham

Roy Stewart

Black Pug

Ralph Truman

Admiral

Michael Wilding

Lord Holland

Joyce Carey

Marquise (uncredited)

Preston Lockwood

1st Partner (uncredited)

John Rapley

2nd Partner (uncredited)

Ivor Salter

Major Domo at Chatsworth (uncredited)

Larry Taylor

Man at Bare Knuckle Fight (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Composer Richard Rodney Bennett based his later viola and orchestra "Elegy for Lady Caroline Lamb" (aka "Lady Caroline Lamb: Elegy for Viola and Orchestra") on part of his music score from this picture.

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Timothy Dalton was contracted to play William Lamb in this adaptation, but was replaced at the last moment. Dalton sued the production company for breach of contract and won.

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The film's critical and commercial failure dissuaded Robert Bolt from ever directing again and - some say - also led to the break-up of his marriage to Sarah Miles four years later. (Bolt and Miles would actually remarry in 1988, the union lasting up until Bolt's death in 1995.)

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Quotes

ADC to Wellington: [Caroline has just slashed her wrists] Good God, your Grace! She just tried to kill herself!

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Lady Melbourne: [on being told that Caroline has "died of a broken heart"] My God... wouldn't she!

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Buckham: [Caroline and Buckham have been watching Byron bare-knuckle boxing] Haven't seen you about, milord.

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