The Wicked Lady (1983)

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Michael Winner

Writers:

Leslie Arliss (writer)
Gordon Glennon (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:

28 October 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

She seduced, robbed and murdered...That was on her good days. [Theatrical]

Plot:

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph...

Plot Keywords:

Highwayman | Nudity | Whipping | Catfight | Remake

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Faye Dunaway	...	Lady Barbara Skelton
Alan Bates	...	Jerry Jackson
John Gielgud	...	Hogarth
Denholm Elliott	...	Sir Ralph Skelton
Prunella Scales	...	Lady Kingsclere
Oliver Tobias	...	Kit Locksby
Glynis Barber	...	Caroline
Joan Hickson	...	Aunt Agatha
Helena McCarthy	...	Moll Skelton
Mollie Maureen	...	Doll Skelton
Derek Francis	...	Lord Kingsclere
Marina Sirtis	...	Jackson's Girl
Nicholas Gecks	...	Ned Cotterell
Hugh Millais	...	Uncle Martin
John Savident	...	Squire Thornton
Dermot Walsh	...	Lord Marwood
Marc Sinden	...	Lord Dolman
Glynis Brooks	...	Ned's Wife
Mark Burns	...	King Charles II
Teresa Codling	...	Nell Gwynne
David Gant	...	Clergyman in Church
Ewen Solon	...	Clergyman at Tyburn
Roger Brierley	...	Clergyman at Tyburn
Arthur Whybrow	...	Storyteller at Tyburn
Tony Martin	...	Vendor at Tyburn
John Pierce Jones	...	Ringleader at Tyburn
Terence Mountain	...	Law Officer
Robert Putt	...	Man at Tyburn
Cyril Conway	...	Doctor
Malcolm Mudie	...	Courtier
Celia Imrie	...	Servant at Inn
Ellen Pollock	...	Mrs. Munce
Marianne Stone	...	Customer in Shop
Catherine Neilson	...	Customer in Shop
Fiona McArthur	...	Bridesmaid
Judi Maynard	...	Bridesmaid
Lucy Hornak	...	Bridesmaid
Francine Morgan	...	Bridesmaid
Douglas Milvain	...	Coach Passenger
Pamela Cundell	...	Coach Passenger
Patrick Brock	...	Coach Passanger
Maggie Rennie	...	Coach Passenger
Louise English	...	Servant
Elaine Ashley	...	Servant
Dean Allen	...	Servant
Ian Oliver	...	Servant
George Tovey	...	Man at Inn
Norman Mitchell	...	Man at Inn
Mike Hayward	...	Man at Inn
Lisa Mulidore	...	Village Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christiann Chisholm	...	Boy at inn (uncredited)
Jennifer Elliott	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Barrie Holland	...	Nobelman (uncredited)
Guinevere John	...	Landlady at Inn (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Winner

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Leslie Arliss		writer
Gordon Glennon		additional dialogue
Magdalen King-Hall		book
Aimée Stuart		additional dialogue
Michael Winner		writer

Produced by
Yoram Globus	....	producer
Menahem Golan	....	producer
Michael J. Kagan	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Tony Banks

Cinematography by
Jack Cardiff

Film Editing by
Michael Winner		(as Arnold Crust Jr.)

Casting by
Joyce Gallie

Production Design by
John Blezard

Costume Design by
John Bloomfield

Makeup Department
Paula Gillespie	....	hair stylist
Lee Harman	....	makeup artist: for Ms Dunaway
Stephanie Kaye	....	hair stylist
Richard Mills	....	makeup artist
Kaye Pownall	....	hair stylist: Ms Dunaway

Production Management
Malcolm J. Christopher	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ron Purdie	....	first assistant director

Art Department
John Chisholm	....	property master

Sound Department
Terry Poulton	....	sound editor
John Poyner	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Albert Whitlock	....	special visual effects

Stunts
Marc Boyle	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Bonehill	....	riding double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Neil Binney	....	camera operator
David Tondeur	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Madeleine Inglehearn	....	choreographer
Arnold Ross	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Dawn Property Company
• London-Cannon Films

Distributors

• Cannon Film Distributors
• Guild Home Video (UK) (video)
• Hoyts Distribution
• MGM/UA Entertainment Company (USA)
• RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video

Special Effects

• Effects Associates

Runtime:

USA:98 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:18 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, England, UK

Company:

Dawn Property Company

Trivia:

The film caused controversy with the horsewhipping scene which offended the BBFC.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "X-Rated" (2004)

Michael Winner should have been on the gallows with Captain Jerry!

The original 1940s version of this film, starring Margaret Lockwood is a really enjoyable campfest. This dire remake is one of the worst films I have had the misfortune to see! Being a fan of the original, I was curious to catch this version which was broadcast on satellite last night (I had not seen it previously). Viewers are expected to believe that the grandfatherly Denholm Elliot would be the object of love/lust for a beautiful young Glynis Barber and then a (totally charmless) Faye Dunaway. At times, the poor old lad has trouble getting around the set let alone keeping two women happy. Faye Dunaway is meant to be Ms. Barber's 'friend' whilst actually looking like her mother. Ms. Dunaway (even then an old broiler with the head stuck out of an aeroplane window pulled-back face look) is lusted after by Alan Bates and Oliver Tobias. The whole premise is ludicrous. Hopelessly miscast, badly acted and directed the film is a total mess and one views it with the horrible fascination of a car crash! Whether or not it is meant to be tongue in cheek I don't know, but it certainly caused a few laughs! I'm afraid that Michael Winner's crime against cinema is far worse than Captain Jerry's highway robbery so in my view it should be MW swinging from the gibbet at Tyburn!!!