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Linda Darnell
Amber St. Clair
Cornel Wilde
Bruce Carlton
Richard Greene
Lord Harry Almsbury
George Sanders
King Charles II
Glenn Langan
Capt. Rex Morgan
Richard Haydn
Earl of Radcliffe
Jessica Tandy
Nan Britton
Anne Revere
Mother Red Cap
John Russell
Black Jack Mallard
Jane Ball
Corinne Carlton
Robert Coote
Sir Thomas Dudley
Leo G. Carroll
Matt Goodgroome
Natalie Draper
Countess of Castlemaine
Margaret Wycherly
Mrs. Spong
Alma Kruger
Lady Constance Redmond
Billy Ward
Little Bruce
Edmund Breon
Lord Redmond
Alan Napier
Landale
Norma Varden
Mrs. Abbott
Ellen Corby
Marge
Edith Evanson
Sarah
Will Stanton
Deadeye
Peter Shaw
Deacon
Patrick Whyte
Courtier

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Nov 27 2022

Perhaps had Otto Preminger just been a bit more judicious with the razor blade in the edit, this rather over-long drama might have been more enjoyable. As it is, it takes far too long to establish the story of the disenfranchised "Amber" (Linda Darnell) whose family were on the wrong side at the end of the English Civil war. Upon the restoration of King Charles II (George Sanders) her prospects start to look better, and to that end she allies herself with "Lord Carlton" (Cornel Wilde) and his friend "Lord Almsbury" (Richard Greene) and a bumpy ride of men, prison and opportunity ensues. Not to ...