The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)

The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
Director: John Hough
Writers: Barbara Cartland (novel) Terence Feely (screenplay)
Release Date: 22 January 1989 (USA)
Genre: Adventure - Drama - Romance
Runtime: 01:30:00


* Plot:

The young lady Panthea Vyne falls in love with the handsome highwayman who saves her from her brutal husband. He kills him in a fair duel. Later, when Charles the 2nd is reinstated as King of England, she attends the royal court. But here she becomes the enemy of the king's former mistress and the plot against her thickens.


* Cast:

Emma Samms ... Barbara Castlemaine
Oliver Reed ... Sir Phillip Gage
Claire Bloom ... Lady Emma Darlington
Christopher Cazenove ... Rudolph Vyne
Lysette Anthony ... Lady Panthea Vyne
Hugh Grant ... Lord Lucius Vyne
Michael York ... King Charles II
John Mills ... Sir Lawrence Dobson
Ian Bannen ... Christian Drysdale
Robert Morley ... Lord Chancellor
Bernard Miles ... Judge
Gordon Jackson ... Harry
Gareth Hunt ... Coachman / Sgt. Potter
Steffanie Pitt ... Martha (as Stephanie Pitt)
Floyd Bevan ... Jack