18 April 1973 Drama, History 118 mins
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Glenda Jackson as Lady Hamilton
Peter Finch as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Michael Jayston as Capt. Hardy
Anthony Quayle as Lord Minto
Margaret Leighton as Lady Frances Nelson
Dominic Guard as Master George Matcham
Nigel Stock as George Matcham
Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Catherine "Catty" Matcham
Roland Culver as Lord Barham
Richard Mathews as Rev. William Nelson
Liz Ashley as Sarah Nelson
John Nolan as Capt. Blackwood
André Maranne as Adm. Villeneuve
Clelia Matania as Francesca
Pat Heywood as Emily
Stephen Jack as Major-domo
James Cellan Jones Director
Terence Rattigan Writer
Anne V. Coates Editor
Michel Legrand Original Music Composer
Gerry Fisher Director of Photography
Mike Rutter Assistant Camera
Hal B. Wallis Producer
Margaret Furse Costume Design
Vernon Dixon Set Decoration
Joan Carpenter Hairstylist
Jack Stephens Art Direction
George Frost Makeup Artist
Carmen Dillon Production Design
Christopher Tucker Makeup Artist
The Nelson Affair Trailer
United States 18 April 1973
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Bequest to the Nation:
A Bequest To The Directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Peter Finch as Lord Horatio Nelson and Glenda Jackson as Lady Emma Hamilton.
Michel Legrand: music excerpts from Bequest to the Nation [aka The Nelson Affair] (1973).
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22 November 1973
In this film the director's recurring concerns return: the divisions in the Chilean left, and its contradictions between what the director calls the "traditional" and the "revolutionary" left.
12 October 1973
Shanta Dhamle lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay along with her dad, Shamrao, and mom, Ansuya. She incurs their displeasure when she falls in love and gets married to a poor and overly sensitive writer, Gopal, who moves in with them, and continues to suffer verbal abuse at Shamrao's hands.
24 December 1973
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