The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

167 mins | Comedy, TV Movie | Dec. 28, 1982

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.

The Merry Wives of Windsor

167 mins | Comedy, TV Movie | Dec. 28, 1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers BBC, Time-Life Television Productions
Original title The Merry Wives of Windsor
Directors David Hugh Jones
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Alan Bennett

as Justice Shallow

Richard O'Callaghan

as Slender

Tenniel Evans

as Sir Hugh Evans

Bryan Marshall

as George Page

Richard Griffiths

as Sir John Falstaff

Gordon Gostelow

as Bardolph

Nigel Terry

as Pistol

Miranda Foster

as Anne Page

Judy Davis

as Mistress Ford

Prunella Scales

as Mistress Page

Ron Cook

as Peter Simple

Michael Graham Cox

as Host of the Garter Inn

Lee Whitlock

as Robin

Elizabeth Spriggs

as Mistress Quickly

John Joyce

as John Rugby

Michael Bryant

as Doctor Caius

Simon Chandler

as Fenton

Ben Kingsley

as Frank Ford

Ralph Brown

as John

Peter Gordon

as Robert

Crispin Mair

as William Page

Harvey Brown

as Fairy

Kerry Cavalli

as Fairy

Adam Cooper

as Fairy

Helen Grey

as Fairy

Simon Kemp

as Fairy

Wayne Phelan

as Fairy

Tony Young

as Fairy