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Henry VIII and His Six Wives( 1972)

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Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Keith Michell

      Henry VIII

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      Donald Pleasence

      Thomas Cromwell

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      Charlotte Rampling

      Anne Boleyn

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      Jane Asher

      Jane Seymour

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      Brian Blessed

      Suffolk

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      Michael Gough

      Norfolk

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      Barbara Leigh-Hunt

      Catherine Parr

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      Jenny Bos

      Anne of Cleves

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      Lynne Frederick

      Catherine Howard

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      Frances Cuka

      Katherine of Aragon

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      Michael Goodliffe

      Thomas More

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      Bernard Hepton

      Cranmer

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      Garfield Morgan

      Gardiner

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      John Bryans

      Wolsey

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      Peter Madden

      Fisher

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      Michael Byrne

      Edward Seymour

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      Michael Godfrey

      Sir Ralph Ellerker

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      Robin Sachs

      Thomas Culpeper

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      Nicholas Amer

      Chapuys

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      Clive Merrison

      Weston

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      David Bailie

      Norris

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      Damien Thomas

      Smeaton

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      Richard Warner

      Warham

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      John Bennett

      Wriothesley

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      Sarah Long

      Mary

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      Peter Clay

      Thomas Seymour

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      Basil Clarke

      Abbot

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      Alan Rowe

      French Ambassador

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      Mark York

      Brereton

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      Margaret Ward

      Lady Rochford

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      Colin Rix

      Bowes

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      Imogen Claire

      Maria de Salinas

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      Ian Calvin

      (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun May 28 2023
    Based on the BBC drama series (and exec produced by a man who went on to run their drama department for a while) this is a good effort at recounting in two hours the lives and loves of Henry VIII over almost 40 years. Donald Pleasance is noteworthy as the odiously ambitious Thomas Cromwell and Charlotte Rampling as the even more ambitious Anne Boleyn. Keith Michell is an old hand at playing this part by now - his 4th time of asking; and he does it stylishly. The script is of it's time, and so a bit long-winded but otherwise this has held up well. Quite a bit is filmed outdoors and/or on locatio...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • adultery
    • london, england
    • beheading
    • tudor
    • period drama
    • historical
    • anne boleyn
    • henry viii
    • 16th century
    • murder of a woman