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Richard Burton
King Henry VIII
Geneviève Bujold
Anne Boleyn
Irene Papas
Queen Catherine
Anthony Quayle
Wolsey
John Colicos
Cromwell
Michael Hordern
Thomas Boleyn
Katharine Blake
Elizabeth Boleyn
Peter Jeffrey
Norfolk
Joseph O'Conor
Fisher
William Squire
Thomas More
Valerie Gearon
Mary Boleyn
Vernon Dobtcheff
Mendoza
Gary Bond
Smeaton
Terence Wilton
Lord Percy
Denis Quilley
Weston
Esmond Knight
Kingston
Michael Johnson
George Boleyn
Marne Maitland
Campeggio
Nora Swinburne
Lady Kingston
June Ellis
Bess
Cyril Luckham
Prior Houghton
Brook Williams
Brereton
Lesley Paterson
Jane Seymour
Amanda Jane Smythe
Baby Elizabeth
Nicola Pagett
Princess Mary
Peter Avella
Man in Tavern (uncredited)
George Ballantine
Servant (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Lord (uncredited)
Jack Berg
Guard (uncredited)
Kate Burton
Serving Maid (uncredited)
Elizabeth Counsell
Anne's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Maxwell Craig
Guard (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Max Faulkner
Huntsman (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
Guard (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Servant (uncredited)
Hugh Futcher
Crowd Heckler (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Lord (uncredited)
Fiona Hartford
Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
Bishop (uncredited)
Juliet Kempson
Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Lord (uncredited)
Eric Kent
Guard (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Tommy Little
Torturer (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Lord (uncredited)
Mary Maxfield
Patrician (uncredited)
Alan Meacham
Guard (uncredited)
James Mellor
Scribe to Cromwell (uncredited)
Terence Mountain
Executioner (uncredited)
George Oliver
Secretary (uncredited)
Harry Paris
Oarsman (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Lord (uncredited)
Kynaston Reeves
Willoughby (uncredited)
Bunny Seaman
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Monk (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
Royston Tickner
Messenger (uncredited)
Anne Tirard
Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Rita Tobin-Weske
Midwife (uncredited)
Liza Todd
Beggar Maid (uncredited)
James Ure
Bishop (uncredited)
Amanda Walker
Anne's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Jerold Wells
Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Court Scribe (uncredited)
T. P. McKenna
Norris

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022

Geneviève Bujold is on super form here as the manipulative and ambitious Anne. She captures the heart of the King (Richard Burton) and he proceeds to shake his kingdom to it's foundations in order to possess, then dispose of her. Even if you are not familiar with the story of Anne Boleyn, it is told here by way of a retrospective so we see right from the beginning that her goose is cooked. What ensures depicts how she rose to power, connived the downfall of many around her - most notably the Queen herself (Irene Papas) and Cardinal Wolsey (Anthony Quayle). With the help of a suitably obsequious...