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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08 August 1973
Love story in which the girl's parents disapprove of her boyfriend because he was accused of killing his former wife.
31 July 1973
The Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, inspired by a story from the Italian Middle Ages.
06 December 1973
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed.
23 September 1973
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16 December 1973
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28 March 1973
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20 November 1973
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