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The Woman He Loved (1988) (TV)
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Writer (WGA):
William Luce (written by)
Release Date:
3 April 1988 (USA) more
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
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watchable, but a little bit flat more (5 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Anthony Andrews | ... | Prince of Wales |
 | Jane Seymour | ... | Wallis Simpson |
 | Olivia de Havilland | ... | Aunt Bessie Merryman |
 | Lucy Gutteridge | ... | Thelma |
 | Tom Wilkinson | ... | Ernest Simpson |
 | Julie Harris | ... | Alice |
| Robert Hardy | ... | Winston Churchill |
| Phyllis Calvert | ... | Queen Mary |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Mona Bruce | ... | Mrs. Baldwin |
| Richenda Carey | ... | Maud Kerr-Smiley |
| Elizabeth Counsell | ... | Katherine Rogers |
 | Susan Denaker | ... | Connie Thaw |
| Rupert Frazer | ... | Lord Perry Brownlow |
| Peter Graves | ... | Lord Reith |
| John Horsley | ... | Justice Sir John Hawke |
| Helen Horton | ... | Martha |
| Evelyn Laye | ... | Lady Cunard |
| Vincent Marzello | ... | Benny Thaw |
| Charlotte Mitchell | ... | Lady Chatfield |
| Claire Parker | ... | Rosemary |
 | William Roberts | ... | Herman Rogers |
| Margaretta Scott | ... | Lady Wigram |
| Amanda Walker | ... | Betty Lawson-Johnson |
| David Waller | ... | Stanley Baldwin |
| Paul Williamson | ... | Inspector Evans |
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USA:100 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Last film role of Margaretta Scott. more
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Anachronisms: In one funeral scene flashback set in 1972 the coffin is carried in, correctly, with the Duke of Windsor's flag, but the trumpeters have the "GR" cipher of George V, last used in 1936 more
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Anthony Andrews imitates Edward, Duke of Windsor (but slightly better than Edward Fox did in 'Edward and Mrs Simpson'), while Jane Seymour is a fairly OK Wallis Simpson, a little bit scheming and a little bit vulnerable. She's backed up by Aunt Bessie (Olivia de Havilland, note-perfect but hardly stretched), while he is supported by Winston Churchill (Robert Hardy, good as ever).
It's the usual story often presented in true TV-movie style, very glossy and very referential to the Royals. So nothing really scandalous or new here, and sadly the film remains flatly unemotional so there is no engagement with the plight of Wallis or Edward.
So it is a reasonable effort, watchable television, but nothing fabulous. 'Edward and Mrs Simpson', having the luxury of more time to tell the story, is better; 'Wallis and Edward', getting the casting and pacing wrong, is worse.