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The Sunday Film: The Prisoner of Zenda

on BBC One London

starring Peter Sellers and Peter Sellers with Lynne Frederick and Lionel Jeffries
The stage is set for a heady stew of high adventure, intrigue and comedy when Ruritania's Mad King dies in a ballooning accident. Prince Rudolph, the foppish heir-apparent, is summoned home from the gaming tables of London but Rudolph's scheming half-brother quickly dispatches an assassin to dispose of him first. In the nick of time, the Prince's life is saved by a Cockney cabbie who just happens to be his double ...
Screenplay by DICK CLEMENT, IAN LA FRENAIS Based on the novel by ANTHONY HOPE Produced by WALTER MIRISCH Directed by RICHARD QUINE
(First showing on British television) Films; page 12

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Lynne Frederick
Unknown:
Lionel Jeffries
Unknown:
Dick Clement
Novel By:
Anthony Hope
Produced By:
Walter Mirisch
Directed By:
Richard Quine
Prince Rudolph/Sydney Frewin/ Old King:
Peter Sellers
Princess Flavia:
Lynne Frederick
General Sapt:
Lionel Jeffries
Natalie, the Countess:
Elke Sommer
Gilles, the Count:
Gregory Sierra
Duke Michael of Zenda:
Jeremy Kemp
Antoinette Du Mauban:
Catherine Schell
Fritz:
Simon Williams
Count Rupert of Hentzau:
Stuart Wilson
Bruno:
Norman Rossington
Archbishop:
John Laurie
Erik:
Graham Stark
Luger:
Michael Balfour
Deacon:
Arthur Howard
Johann ,:
Ian Abercrombie
Conductor:
Michael Segal

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