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The Wicked Lady (1983)

The Wicked Lady poster
Directed by
Michael Winner
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
United Kingdom, Australia
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman in 17th century England leads a double life as a highway robber. She gets entangled with a charismatic outlaw and faces dangerous consequences.

romanticswashbucklingdramaticperiodadventurousmelodramatic

What happens

The Wicked Lady is a 1983 British-American period drama directed by Michael Winner and starring Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Denholm Elliott, and Hugh Millais. It was screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. It is a remake of the 1945 film of the same name, which was one of the popular series of Gainsborough melodramas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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