Bad Lord Byron (1949)

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George Gordon, aka Lord Byron, the clubfooted 19th-century poet with the uncontrollable libido, is played by Dennis Price in this lavish British chocolate-box epic. From the vantage point of his deathbed, Byron recalls his life and many loves, imagining that he's pleading his case before a celestial… More George Gordon, aka Lord Byron, the clubfooted 19th-century poet with the uncontrollable libido, is played by Dennis Price in this lavish British chocolate-box epic. From the vantage point of his deathbed, Byron recalls his life and many loves, imagining that he's pleading his case before a celestial court. Joan Greenwood looks like she's just stepped out of a portrait frame as Lady Caroline Lamb (whose own sordid story would also be filmed in due time). Her performance is far more persuasive than that of Dennis Price, who seems less libertine than precocious as Byron. Roundly ridiculed by British film critics in 1949, The Bad Lord Byron has stood the test of time -- not really a classic, but an acceptable rainy-day wallow. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: David MacDonald
Genres: Drama, Comedy

On DVD: Aug 29, 1994

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Cast

            Dennis Price as Lord Byron

            Joan Greenwood as Lady Caroline Lamb

            Mai Zetterling as Teresa Guiccioli

            Sonia Holm as Annabella Milbanks

            Linden Travers as Augusta Leigh

            Leslie Dwyer as Fletcher

            Raymond Lovell as John Cam Hobhouse

            Archie Duncan as John Murray

            Irene Browne as Lady Melbourne

            Ronald Adam as Judge

            Denis O'Dea as Prosecution Counsel

            Cyril Chamberlain as Defending Counsel

            Robert H. Harris as Dallas

            John Stone as Lord Clark

            Ernst Thesiger as Count Guiccioli

            Nora Swinburne as Lady Jersey

            Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr. Hopton

            Henry Oscar as Count Gamba

            Barry Jones as Col. Stonhope

            Gerard Heinz as Austrian Officer

            Betty Lynne as Signora Segati

            Aubrey Mallalieu
            
            Zena Marshall as Italian

            Richard Molinas as Gondolier

            John Salew as Samuel Rogers

            Liam Gaffney as Tom Moore
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