The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
- Directed by
- John Hough
- Genre
- drama film, swashbuckler film, adventure film, romance film, historical film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- S
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A masked highwayman rescues a noblewoman from danger in Restoration-era England. She gets caught up in a feud with a powerful courtier while the highwayman steals her heart.
romanticlightheartedswashbucklingdramaticperiod-tingedcourtlysoapy
What happens
The Lady and the Highwayman is a 1988 United Kingdom romantic adventure television film based on Barbara Cartland's 1952 romance novel Cupid Rides Pillion. The working title of the film was Dangerous Love. The film stars Hugh Grant (in one of his earliest appearances) as highwayman Silver Blade and Lysette Anthony as Lady Panthea Vyne. The film is a swashbuckling tale of romance, jealousy, and betrayal set in England during the Restoration of Charles II, with Michael York as King Charles II of England. Emma Samms as Lady Castlemaine and Oliver Reed are supported by guest appearances by Robert Morley and John Mills. The Lady Castlemaine of the film, whose vendetta against Lady Panthea Vyne forms part of the plot of the film, is based on the life of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, one of King Charles II's mistresses and mother of several of his children. In 2023 Grant told James Corden that The Lady and The Highwayman was the film he would erase from his Internet Movie Database (IMDb) page if given the chance. "I'm meant to be sexy" he recalled, but was undone by the "bad wig, bad hat. I look like Deputy Dawg." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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