The Lady's Not For Burning

The Lady's Not For Burning

82 mins | Comedy, Romance, TV Movie | Jan. 1, 1987

A war and world weary soldier tries to talk a witch-hunting cleric into hanging him; he is shaken from his quest for death when the beautiful Jennet is also committed for hanging as a witch.

The Lady's Not For Burning

82 mins | Comedy, Romance, TV Movie | Jan. 1, 1987

The Lady's Not For Burning
A war and world weary soldier tries to talk a witch-hunting cleric into hanging him; he is shaken from his quest for death when the beautiful Jennet is also committed for hanging as a witch.
Producers ITV, Yorkshire Television
Original title The Lady's Not For Burning
Directors Julian Amyes
Writers Christopher Fry

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

as Thomas Mendip

Cherie Lunghi

as Jennet Jourdemayne

Angela Thorne

as Margaret Devize

Susannah Harker

as Alizon Eliot

Trevor Peacock

as Matthew Skipps