Chimes at Midnight
A Distinguished Company Breathes Life Into Shakespeare’s Lusty Age of FALSTAFF
1965-12-22 | 115 minutes
Plot Summary
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
Cast
-
Orson WellesFalstaff
-
Keith BaxterPrince Hal
-
John GielgudHenry IV
-
Jeanne MoreauDoll Tearsheet
-
Margaret RutherfordMistress Quickly
-
Marina VladyKate Percy
-
Walter ChiariMr. Silence
-
Michael AldridgePistol
-
Tony BeckleyNed Poins
-
Norman RodwayHenry 'Hotspur' Percy
-
Alan WebbJustice Shallow
-
Fernando ReyWorcester
-
José NietoNorthumberland
-
Andrew FauldsWestmoreland
-
Patrick BedfordBardolph (as Paddy Bedford)
-
Ralph RichardsonNarrator (voice)
-
Ingrid Pitt(uncredited)
-
Beatrice WellesFalstaff's Page
Recommendations
-
A Cat in the Brain
-
Hatari!
-
Macbeth
-
The Immortal Story
-
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
-
The Little Foxes
-
Topsy-Turvy
-
A Cock and Bull Story
-
Maranhão 66
-
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
-
One Way or Another
-
A Short Film About Killing
-
The Ladykillers
-
The Lady from Shanghai
-
Straw Dogs
-
The Exterminating Angel
-
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
-
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
-
Being There
-
Andrei Rublev
Similar Movies
-
The Taming of the Shrew
-
Scum
-
The Italian Job
-
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
-
Hamlet
-
The King Is Alive
-
A Midsummer Night's Dream
-
Kicking & Screaming
-
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
-
Spy Kids
-
Henry V
-
What a Girl Wants
-
Bridget Jones's Diary
-
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
-
Braveheart
-
Shadowlands
-
Gypo
-
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
-
The Emperor's New Groove
-
Peter's Friends