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Directed by:
Robert BoltScreenplay:
Robert BoltCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Richard Rodney BennettCast:
Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills, Margaret Leighton, Pamela Brown, Silvia Monti, Caterina Boratto, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier (more)Plots(1)
Sarah Miles stars as the dazzling, mercurial Lady Caroline and Richard Chamberlain is the brilliant, romantic Lord Byron in this lavish retelling of the most notorious cabinet-level sex scandal of the 19th century. Lady Caroline, well married to a future Prime Minister, meets and captures the gifted Lord Byron. Openly flaunting her affair, she finally embarrasses both her poet lover and her own mother-in-law, Lady Melbourne (Margaret Leighton). Cast off by Byron, Caroline botches a public suicide, creating a scandal that rocks society and threatens William Lamb's career. After an unsuccessful attempt to use the Duke of Wellington (Laurence Olivier) for her purposes, lady Caroline agrees to give up Lamb and live alone. In a stormy finale, Caroline meets a tragic end... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sarah Miles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792658_0710ed.jpg)
Sarah Miles
UK
Best movies:
![Jon Finch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307241_d19e2e.jpg)
Jon Finch
UK
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Frenzy (1972)
![Richard Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379609_c08aff.jpg)
Richard Chamberlain
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
![John Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390322_b915e3.png)
John Mills
UK
![Margaret Leighton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762317_718a23.jpg)
Margaret Leighton
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Best Man (1964)
Great Expectations (1974) (TV movie)
![Pamela Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364318_0d60d7.jpg)
Pamela Brown
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
Richard III (1955)
![Silvia Monti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280156_2ca14c.jpg)
Silvia Monti
Italy
Best movies:
The Brain (1969)
Fräulein Doktor (1969)
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
![Caterina Boratto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434727_d7c2c4.jpg)
Caterina Boratto
Italy
Best movies:
Far Pavilions, The (1984) (series)
8½ (1963)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
![Ralph Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653272_360425.jpg)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![Laurence Olivier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653386_e9c43e.jpg)
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Hamlet (1948)
![Michael Wilding](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271488_066315.jpg)
Michael Wilding
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Stage Fright (1950)
![Ralph Truman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271495_6700fd.jpg)
Ralph Truman
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Oliver Twist (1948)
El Cid (1961)
![Peter Bull](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272437_d12805.jpg)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
![Preston Lockwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088237_7631aa.jpg)
Preston Lockwood
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Bernard Kay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/447/160447015_798cd1.jpg)
Bernard Kay
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) (series)
Fanny Rowe
UK
Best movies:
Jane Eyre (1970) (TV movie)
![Norman Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341523_9acb79.jpg)
Norman Mitchell
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Oliver! (1968)
![Victor Harrington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/355/161355677_91a359.jpg)
Victor Harrington
Malta
Best movies:
![Reg Thomason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/356/161356968_775b1a.jpg)
Reg Thomason
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The One That Got Away (1957)
![Aileen Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375901_b39009.jpg)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)