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| The Lady and the Highwayman | |
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| Based on | Cupid Rides Pillion by Barbara Cartland |
| Screenplay by | Terence Feely |
| Directed by | John Hough |
| Starring | Hugh Grant Lysette Anthony |
| Music by | Laurie Johnson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sir Lew Grade |
| Producers | Albert Fennell John Hough Peter Manley |
| Cinematography | Terry Cole |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1989 |
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The Lady and the Highwayman is a 1989 United Kingdom romantic adventure television film based on Barbara Cartland's 1952 romance novel Cupid Rides Pillion. The working title of the film was Dangerous Love.[1]
The film stars Hugh Grant (in one of his earliest appearances) as highwayman Silver Blade and Lysette Anthony as Lady Panthea Vyne. The film is a swashbuckling tale of romance, jealousy and betrayal set in England during the Restoration of Charles II, with Michael York as King Charles II of England. Emma Samms as Lady Castlemaine and Oliver Reed are supported by guest appearances by Robert Morley and John Mills. The Lady Castlemaine of the film, whose vendetta against Lady Panthea Vyne is forms part of the plot of the film, is based on the life of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, one of King Charles II's mistresses and mother of several of his children.
In 2023 Grant told James Corden that The Lady and The Highwayman was the film he would erase from his Internet Movie Database (IMDb) page if given the chance. "I'm meant to be sexy" he recalled, but was undone by the "bad wig, bad hat. I look like Deputy Dawg."[2]
- ^ "Lady And The Highwayman, The (1989) - Misc Notes - TCM.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ France, Lisa Resper (31 March 2023). "Hugh Grant would like to erase this film from his resume". CNN. Retrieved 4 April 2023.