Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
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.
Director:
Waris Hussein
Writer:
Ian Thorne
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Keith Michell as Henry VIII |
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Donald Pleasence as Thomas Cromwell |
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Charlotte Rampling as Anne Boleyn |
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Jane Asher as Jane Seymour |
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Brian Blessed as Suffolk |
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Michael Gough as Norfolk |
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Catherine Parr |
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Jenny Bos as Anne of Cleves |
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Lynne Frederick as Catherine Howard |
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Frances Cuka as Katherine of Aragon |
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Michael Goodliffe as Thomas More |
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Bernard Hepton as Cranmer |
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Garfield Morgan as Gardiner |
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John Bryans as Wolsey |
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Peter Madden as Fisher |
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Michael Byrne as Edward Seymour |
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Michael Godfrey as Sir Ralph Ellerker |
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Robin Sachs as Thomas Culpeper |
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Nicholas Amer as Chapuys |
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Clive Merrison as Weston |
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David Bailie as Norris |
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Damien Thomas as Smeaton |
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Richard Warner as Warham |
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John Bennett as Wriothesley |
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Sarah Long as Mary |
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Peter Clay as Thomas Seymour |
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Basil Clarke as Abbot |
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Alan Rowe as French Ambassador |
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Mark York as Brereton |
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Margaret Ward as Lady Rochford |
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Colin Rix as Bowes |
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Imogen Claire as Maria de Salinas |
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Ian Calvin as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Waris Hussein | Director |
| Writing | Ian Thorne | Screenplay |
| Camera | Peter Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Production | Roy Baird | Producer |
| Production | Mark Shivas | Producer |
| Production | Irene Lamb | Casting |
| Art | George Dean | Painter |
| Sound | David Munrow | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Roy Stannard | Production Design |
| Editing | John Bloom | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Bloomfield | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric Allwright | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gladys Leakey | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Philip Leakey | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pam Meager | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Brian Simmons | Sound Recordist |