The Merry Wives of Windsor

Dec 28, 1982

2h 47m

★ 8.0

Overview

When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is beseiged by suitors.

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Sir John Falstaff

Richard Griffiths

Mistress Quickly

Elizabeth Spriggs

Mistress Ford

Judy Davis

Mistress Page

Prunella Scales

Frank Ford

Ben Kingsley

George Page

Bryan Marshall

Justice Shallow

Alan Bennett

Slender

Richard O'Callaghan

Sir Hugh Evans

Tenniel Evans

Bardolph

Gordon Gostelow

Pistol

Nigel Terry

Nym

Michael Robbins

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