The Life and Death of King John

The Life and Death of King John
1984HistoryDrama157 mins

Plot

The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are ot... read more

  • David Giles

    Director

  • William Shakespeare

    Theatre Play

  • Stan Pow

    Editor

  • Leonard Rossiter

    King John

  • Mary Morris

    Queen Elinor

  • John Thaw

    Hubert de Burgh

  • George Costigan

    Philip - the Bastard

  • Phyllida Law

    Lady Faulconbridge

  • Gorden Kaye

    Lymoges - Duke of Austria

  • Claire Bloom

    Constance

  • William Whymper

    Chatillon

  • Robert Brown

    Earl of Pembroke

  • John Castle

    Earl of Salisbury

  • John Flint

    Lord Bigot

  • Edward Hibbert

    Robert Faulconbridge

  • Mike Lewin

    James Gurney

  • Charles Kay

    King Phillip of France

  • Jonathan Coy

    Lewis, the Dauphin

  • Luc Owen

    Arthur - Duke of Britaine

  • John Moreno

    Melun

  • Ian Barritt

    French Herald

  • Janet Maw

    Blanch

  • Carl Oatley

    English Herald

  • Clifford Parrish

    Citizen of Angiers

  • Richard Wordsworth

    Cardinal Pandulph

  • Ian Brimble

    First Executioner

  • Ronald Chenery

    English Messenger

  • Alan Collins

    Peter of Pomfret

  • Tim Brown

    French Messenger

  • Rusty Livingstone

    Prince Henry

  • Harry Fielder

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Clark Stephens

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    157 minutes

    Released

    1984-11-24

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Time-Life Television Productions

    BBC

    Sound

  • Colin Sell

    Music

  • Updated

    19 days ago

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