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Saturday Cinema: Helen of Troy

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Rosanna Podesta Jacques Sernas with Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Baker
Niall MacGinnis
Paris, sailing to Sparta to negotiate peace between Trojans and Spartans, is shipwrecked and washed up on the Spartan shore. He is found by Helen, the discontented wife of Menelaus, and from this moment their destinies are irrevocably linked.
Italian star Rosanna Podesta plays ' the face that launched a thousand ships' in this colourful film version of the Homeric legend.
Screenplay by JOHN TWIST and HUGH GRAY Directed by ROBERT wise Films: page IS

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosanna Podesta
Unknown:
Jacques Sernas
Unknown:
Rosanna Podesta
Play By:
John Twist
Directed By:
Robert Wise
Helen:
Rosanna Podesta
Paris:
Jacques Sernas
Priam:
Cedric Hardwicke
Achilles:
Stanley Baker
Menelaus:
Niall MacGinnis
Hecuba:
Nora Swinburne
Agamemnon:
Robert Douglas
Ulysses:
Torin Thatcher
Hector:
Harry Andrews
Cassandra:
Janette Scott
Aeneas:
Ronald Lewis
Andraste:
Brigitte Bardot
Andros:
Eduardo Ciannelli
Diomedes:
Marc Lawrence
Source: Radio Times

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