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The Wicked Lady (Original title)
Dates: 1982 (Copyright), 22 April 1983 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: Michael Winner

Synopsis: Caroline is promised to Sir Ralph and asks her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her being rich now, she gets fed up and turns to highway robbery for excitement. While on the road she encounters a well-known highwayman, and they carry on as a team, but some people start guessing her identity, and she runs the risk of death if she carries on with her evil deeds.

Genres:
Action and Adventure, Historical drama

Subject:
Highwaymen
Releases
Date: 1983Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - StereoRuntime: 98 mins 37 secs - Length: 8876 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors
Date: 1983Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English

Credits (78)
©: Dawn Property Company Limited, Filmed on location... by: London Cannon Films, Presents: Cannon Group, Produced by: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Production Manager: Clifton Brandon, Production Supervisor: Malcolm Christopher, Production Co-ordinator: Michael Kagan, Financial Consultant: Frans Afman, Accountant: Jeffrey Broom, Location Manager: Arnold Ross, Location Manager: Christopher Sutton, Production Assistant: Margaret Adams, 1st Assistant Director: Ron Purdie, 2nd Assistant Director: Christopher Carreras, Iain Whyte, Continuity: Ann Edwards, Casting: Joyce Gallie, Screenplay by: Leslie Arliss, Michael Winner, Additional Dialogue by: Gordon Glennon, Aimee Stuart, From the book 'Life and Death of the..": Magdalen King-Hall, Director of Photography: Jack Cardiff, Camera Operator: Neil Binney, 2nd Unit Operator: John Cardiff, Gerry Anstiss, Camera Focus: Geoff Randall, Camera Assistant: David Tondeur, Gaffer: Michael Woollard, Stills: David Farrell, Special Visual Effects: Albert J. Whitlock, Special Effects: Chris Verner, Special Effects: Ian Scoones, Executive Editor: Christopher Barnes, Editor: Arnold Crust, Production Designer: John Blezard, Assistant Art Director: Martin Atkinson, Assistant Art Director: Terry Parr, Property Master: Eddie Francis, Construction Manager: Bill Surridge, Costume Designer: John Bloomfield, For Ms [Faye] Dunaway: Costumer: Bernadene Mann, Costumes by: Bermans & Nathans, Wigs by: Thorbroad, For Ms [Faye] Dunaway: Wigs: Paul Huntley, Wardrobe Supervisor: Ron Beck, Wardrobe Master: Patrick Wheatley, Wardrobe Mistress: Janet Tebrooke, Make-up: Richard Mills, For Ms [Faye] Dunaway: Make-up: Lee Harman, Hairdresser: Stephanie Kaye, Paula Gillespie, For Ms [Faye] Dunaway: Hairdresser: Kaye Pownall, Processing by: The Rank Laboratories, Cameras by: Arriflex, Music by: Tony Banks, Conducted by: Stanley Black, Music Arranged by: Christopher Palmer, Original Music Published by: Anthony Banks Ltd., Hit and Run Music (Publishing) Ltd, Recorded on: Atlantic Records, Music Editor: Robin Clarke, Choreographer: Madeleine Inglehearn, Sound Recordist: Jim Willis, Boom Operator: Michael Shoring, Sound Maintenance: Eric Chohan, [Sound] Re-recordist: Hugh Strain, Sound Editor: John Poyner, Sound Editor: Terry Poulton, Sound Editor: James Roddan, Stunt Co-ordinator: Marc Boyle, Skating Surface 'Skate-on' by: C.L. Gaul & Co. Ltd. (Peterbrough), Horsemaster: George Mossman, Horses for Ms Dunaway and Mr Bates from: Reg Dent, Shirley Dent, Public Relations: Priscilla Mcdonald
Cast (51)
Faye Dunaway (Lady Barbara Skelton), Alan Bates (Captain Jerry Jackson), John Gielgud (Hogarth), Denholm Elliott (Sir Ralph Skelton), Prunella Scales (Lady Henrietta Kingsclere), Oliver Tobias (Kit Locksby), Glynis Barber (Lady Caroline), Joan Hickson (Aunt Agatha), Nicholas Gecks (Ned Cotterell), Marina Sirtis (Jackson's girl), Helena McCarthy (Moll Skelton), Mollie Maureen (Doll Skelton), Derek Francis (Lord Kingsclere), Hugh Millais (Uncle Martin), Guinevere John (landlady at inn), John Savident (Squire Thornton), Dermot Walsh (Lord Marwood), Marc Sinden (Lord Dolman), Glynis Brooks (Ned's wife), Mark Burns (King Charles II), Teresa Codling (Nell Gwynne), David Gant (clergyman in Church), Ewen Solon, Roger Brierley (clergyman at Tyburn), Arthur Whybrow (storyteller at Tyburn), Tony Martin (vendor at Tyburn), John Pierce Jones (ringleader at Tyburn), Robert Putt (man at Tyburn), Terence Mountain (law officer), Cyril Conway (doctor), Malcolm Mudie (courtier), Celia Imrie (servant at inn), Ellen Pollock (Mrs Munce), Marianne Stone, Catherine Neilson (custome in shop), Fiona Mcarthur, Judi Maynard, Lucy Hornak, Francine Morgan (bridesmaid), Douglas Milvain, Pamela Cundell, Patrick Brock, Maggie Rennie (coach passenger), Louise English, Elaine Ashley, Dean Allen, Ian Oliver (servant), George Tovey, Norman Mitchell, Mike Hayward (man at inn), Lisa Mulidore (village girl)