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Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour star as Edward VII and Wallis Simpson in one of the greatest love stories of the 20th Century. Their abiding love would defy Church and society.

Keywords:

Drama, Romance, Biopic, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1988) (Made for TV) (3 Star)

Cast:

Anthony Andrews	.... Prince of Wales
Jane Seymour	.... Wallis Simpson
Olivia de Havilland	.... Aunt Bessie
Lucy Gutteridge	.... Thelma
Tom Wilkinson	.... Ernest Simpson
Julie Harris	.... Alice

Supporting Cast:

Robert Hardy	.... Winston Churchill
Phyllis Calvert	.... Queen Mary
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
William Roberts	.... Herman Rogers

Directors:

Charles Jarrott

Writers:

William Luce