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Bequest to the Nation (film)

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Bequest to the Nation
Directed byJames Cellan Jones
Written byTerence Rattigan
Produced byHal B. Wallis
StarringGlenda Jackson
Peter Finch
Michael Jayston
Anthony Quayle
CinematographyGerry Fisher
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Music byMichel Legrand
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • 18 April 1973 (1973-04-18) (New York City)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Bequest to the Nation is a 1973 British historical drama film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston and Margaret Leighton.[1] It is based on the 1970 Terence Rattigan play A Bequest to the Nation. The film depicts the relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars plus others they would meet, including Nelson's nephew: the story takes place before Nelson's heading out to sea for the battle of Trafalgar. In the United States, it was released as The Nelson Affair.

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References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/26703
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