The Bad Lord Byron Backdrop Blur
The Bad Lord Byron Poster

The Bad Lord Byron

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.

Top Cast

  • Dennis Price

    Dennis Price

    Lord Byron

  • Mai Zetterling

    Mai Zetterling

    Teresa Guiccioli

  • Joan Greenwood

    Joan Greenwood

    Lady Caroline Lamb

  • Linden Travers

    Linden Travers

    Augusta Leigh

  • Sonia Holm

    Sonia Holm

    Annabella Milbanke

  • Raymond Lovell

    Raymond Lovell

    John Hobhouse

  • Leslie Dwyer

    Leslie Dwyer

    Fletcher

  • Denis O'Dea

    Denis O'Dea

    Prosecuting Counsel

  • Irene Browne

    Irene Browne

    Lady Melbourne

Overview

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.

Rating

6.1 / 10
7 Reviews
0 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Apr 4, 2022

    Dennis Price doesn't actually look like he is having to do much acting as he portrays the bravely errant soldier-cum-poet in this drama. He is bedridden, seriously ill, and wondering how he might be looked upon by St. Peter as his day of reckoning looms. The film now sets out to show us a little of his reminiscences - his lives and loves, most notably with an on-form Mai Zetterling ("Teresa"), Sonia Holm as his long-suffering wife Annabella and, of course, Lady Caroline Lamb (Joan Greenwood). It takes the form of a trial - with people giving testament to his behaviour and character under the gaze of the sagely, if frequently quite bemused judge (Ronald Adam). Price plays well here, and his scenes with Greenwood remained me of their scenes together in "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (also made in 1949). Sadly, though it starts off quite entertainingly, it becomes very wordy and slow quite quickly and the last forty minutes or so dragged a bit, I thought. I like Price, he has something about him, but this all wears a bit too thin. Maybe his libertine, naughty, side fell foul of the censors, but what we have here is ultimately rather plain. Adequate, nothing more.

Recommendations

Salomé

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.

Salomé

6.2 2013