5.5
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
Dennis Price
Lord Byron
Mai Zetterling
Teresa Guiccioli
Joan Greenwood
Lady Caroline Lamb
Linden Travers
Augusta Leigh
Sonia Holm
Annabella Milbanke
Raymond Lovell
John Hobhouse
Leslie Dwyer
Fletcher
Denis O'Dea
Prosecuting Counsel
Irene Browne
Lady Melbourne
Virgílio Teixeira
Pietro Gamba
Ernest Thesiger
Count Guiccioli
Gerard Heinz
Austrian Officer
Cyril Chamberlain
Defending Counsel
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr. Hopton
Henry Oscar
Count Gamba
Richard Molinas
Gondolier
Robert Harris
Dallas
Ronald Adam
Judge
Archie Duncan
John Murray
Barry Jones
Colonel Stonhope
Natalie Moya
Lady Milbanke
John Stone
Lord Clark
Nora Swinburne
Lady Jersey
John Salew
Samuel Rogers
Lena Lanare
La Fornarina
Betty Lynne
Signora Segati
Bernard Rebel
Doctor Bruno
Liam Gaffney
Tom Moore
Gilbert Davis
Tita
Vincent Holman
Bailiff
Guy Le Feuvre
Doctor
Aubrey Mallalieu
1st Old club member
Desmond Roberts
2nd Old club member
Zena Marshall
An Italian Woman
Director
David MacDonald
Writer
Terence Young
Writer
Anthony Thorne
Writer
Laurence Kitchin
Writer
Paul Holt
Writer
Peter Quennell
April 4, 2022
6
Dennis Price doesn't actually look like he is having to do much acting as he portrays the bravely errant soldier-cum-poet in this drama. He is bedridden, seriously ill, and wondering how he might be looked upon by St. Peter as his day of reckoning looms. The film now sets out to show us a little of his reminiscences - his lives and loves, most notably with an on-form Mai Zetterling ("Teresa"), Sonia Holm as his long-suffering wife Annabella and, of course, Lady Caroline Lamb (Joan Greenwood). It takes the form of a trial - with people giving testament to his behaviour and character under the gaze of the sagely, if frequently quite bemused judge (Ronald Adam). Price plays well here, and his scenes with Greenwood remained me of their scenes together in "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (also made in 1949). Sadly, though it starts off quite entertainingly, it becomes very wordy and slow quite quickly and the last forty minutes or so dragged a bit, I thought. I like Price, he has something about him, but this all wears a bit too thin. Maybe his libertine, naughty, side fell foul of the censors, but what we have here is ultimately rather plain. Adequate, nothing more.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00