The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Jan 16, 1957

1h 45m

★ 6.2

The "Many-Splendored" Star In Her Greatest Romance!

Overview

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

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Cast

Elizabeth Barrett

Jennifer Jones

Robert Browning

Bill Travers

Edward Moulton-Barrett

John Gielgud

Henrietta Barrett

Virginia McKenna

Arabel

Maxine Audley

Bella

Susan Stephen

Charles Barrett

Keith Baxter

Uncredited

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