Release Date

20 Jan, 1974

Runtime

01:43: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.

Original Title

The Changeling

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Actors

Stanley Baker

Helen Mirren

Brian Cox

Alan Webb

T. P. McKenna

Frances Tomelty

Norman Rossington

Susan Penhaligon

Kenneth Cranham

Malcolm Reynolds

Tony Selby

Raymond Francis

Anthony Douse

George Camiller

Lionel Guyett

Christopher Saul

Chris Sanders

Joyce Graeme

Marika Rivera

Crew

Anthony Page

Elizabeth Moss

Betty Aldiss

Peter Catlett

Cedric Messina

Chick Anthony

Frank Hatherley

Geoffrey Burgon

Thomas Middleton

William Rowley

Fanny Taylor