The Bad Lord Byron

(1949)

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| Film | United Kingdom | B&W | Drama | 1h 25min |
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| Stars: Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Joan Greenwood | Director: David MacDonald

Byron lies dying and imagines his life and loves under review in a heavenly court

Seriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron imagines his life and loves under review in a heavenly court.

Among the witnesses called are the infamous Lady Caroline Lamb and Byron’s somewhat purer wife, Annabella.

Will Byron be judged a poet and liberator or a seducer and libertine?

Mad, bad and dangerous to know!

Cast

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Dennis Price sports a natty moustache, cravat and white jumper, all whilst smoking a cigarette
Lord Byron
Mai Zetterling
Teresa Guiccioli
Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) in a photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (3)
Lady Caroline Lamb
Linden Travers (as Augusta Leigh) in a screenshot from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (4)
Augusta Leigh
Sonia Holm
Annabella Milbanke
Raymond Lovell
John Hobhouse
Leslie Dwyer
Fletcher
Denis O’Dea
Prosecuting Counsel
Irene Browne
Lady Melbourne
Leo Texera
Pietro Gamba
Virgilio Teixeira
Pietro Gamba
Ernest Thesiger
Count Guiccioli
Gerard Heinz
Austrian Officer
Cyril Chamberlain
Defending Counsel
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr Hopton
Henry Oscar
Count Gamba
Richard Molinas
Gondolier
Robert Harris
Dallas
Ronald Adam
Judge
Archie Duncan
John Murray
Barry Jones
Col Stonhope
Natalie Moya
Lady Milbanke
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John Stone
Lord Clark
Photograph of English actress, Nora Swinburne (1)
Lady Jersey
John Salew
Samuel Rogers
Lena Lanare
La Fornarina
Betty Lynne
Signora Segati
Bernard Rebel
Dr Bruno
Liam Gaffney
Tom Moore
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Reviews

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Thought risible at the time, this historical romance in flashback now seems no worse and even a little more stylish than most, though the script suffers from too many cooks. (Halliwell’s)

Film clips

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Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1948). Byron lies dying and imagines his life and loves under review in a heavenly court.

The Bad Lord Byron (1948) opening credits

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Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1948). Byron lies dying and imagines his life and loves under review in a heavenly court.

Lady Caroline meets the mad, bad and dangerous to know, Lord Byron. Joan Greenwood and Dennis Price in a film clip from The Bad Lord Byron.

Caroline meets Byron

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Lady Caroline meets the mad, bad and dangerous to know, Lord Byron. Joan Greenwood and Dennis Price in a film clip from The Bad Lord Byron.

Lady Caroline reads Byron’s poem, She Walks in Beauty. Joan Greenwood and Dennis Price in a film clip from The Bad Lord Byron

She walks in beauty

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Lady Caroline reads Byron’s poem, She Walks in Beauty. Joan Greenwood and Dennis Price in a film clip from The Bad Lord Byron.

Pictures

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Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (16). Directed by David MacDonald
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (15). Produced by Aubrey Baring
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Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (11). The Producers gratefully acknowledge the contributions to the screenplay made by Terence Young, Anthony Thorne, Peter Quennell, Paul Holt, Laurence Kitchin and, of course, Lord Byron himself
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (10). Denis O’Dea, Irene Browne, Leo Texera, Ernest Thesiger, Gerard Heinz, Cyril Chamberlain
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (9)
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (8). Raymond Lovell as Hobhouse, Leslie Dwyer as Fletcher
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (7). Sonia Holm as Annabella Milbanke
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (6). Linden Travers as Augusta Leigh
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (5). Joan Greenwood as Caroline Lamb
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (4). Mai Zetterling as Teresa Guiccioli
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (3). Dennis Price as Lord Byron
Main title from The Bad Lord Byron (1949) (2). A Sydney Box production
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Lady Caroline Lamb (Joan Greenwood) turns away from Lord Byron (Dennis Price) in The Bad Lord Byron (1948). The couple are seated in a 19th century padded coach.
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) and Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) in a photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (7)
Joan Greenwood receives first aid while on set of the 1948 film, The Bad Lord Byron
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron), Mai Zetterling (as Teresa Guiccioli) and Linden Travers (as Augusta Leigh) in a screenshot from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (5)
Linden Travers (as Augusta Leigh) in a screenshot from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (4)
Linden Travers (as Augusta Leigh) in a screenshot from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (3)
Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) in a screenshot from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (2)
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) and Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) in a screenshot from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (1)
Film World magazine with Dennis Price in The Bad Lord Byron. December, 1948. Britain’s leading film publication, edited by Peter Noble.
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) in a photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (6)
Pressbook for The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (1)
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) in a poster for The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (2)
Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) in a photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (4)
Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) in a photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (3)
Book of The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (1)
Joan Greenwood (as Lady Caroline Lamb) and Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) in a German DVD cover of The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (2)
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) in a German DVD cover of The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (1)
Dennis Price (as Lord Byron) in a video cover from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (1)
Poster for The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (1)
Photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (2)
Photograph from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (1)

Production

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David MacDonald
Director
Aubrey Baring
Producer
Paul Holt
Writer
Laurence Kitchin
Writer
Peter Quennell
Writer
Anthony Thorne
Writer
Terence Young
Writer

Companies

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General Film Distributors (GFD)
Distribution company