Film

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982 · 2h 47m · Comedy · TV Movie

IMDb

6.9

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.

Richard Griffiths

Sir John Falstaff

Elizabeth Spriggs

Mistress Quickly

Judy Davis

Mistress Ford

Prunella Scales

Mistress Page

Ben Kingsley

Frank Ford

Bryan Marshall

George Page

Alan Bennett

Justice Shallow

Richard O'Callaghan

Slender

Tenniel Evans

Sir Hugh Evans

Gordon Gostelow

Bardolph

Nigel Terry

Pistol

Michael Robbins

Nym

Miranda Foster

Anne Page

Ron Cook

Peter Simple

Michael Graham Cox

Host of the Garter Inn

Lee Whitlock

Robin

• David Hugh JonesDirector
• Dominic MuldowneyOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 28, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 47m

Genres

Comedy, TV Movie

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