The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)

8.0/10 • 167 min • Comedy TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Richard Griffiths

Sir John Falstaff

Elizabeth Spriggs

Mistress Quickly

Judy Davis

Prunella Scales

Ben Kingsley

Bryan Marshall

Alan Bennett

Justice Shallow

Richard O'Callaghan

Tenniel Evans

Nigel Terry

Michael Robbins

Ron Cook

Michael Graham Cox

Host of the Garter Inn

Lee Whitlock

Michael Bryant

Simon Chandler

Ralph Brown

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