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The Taming of the Shrew (1980)

The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.

Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.

Release: 1980-10-23
Runtime: 126 min
Rating: 7.8 / 10
Cast
Simon Chandler
Simon Chandler
Lucentio
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Anthony Pedley
Tranio
John Franklyn-Robbins
John Franklyn-Robbins
Baptista
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton
Gremio
Sarah Badel
Sarah Badel
Katherine
Jonathan Cecil
Jonathan Cecil
Hortensio
John Cleese
John Cleese
Petruchio
Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson
Widow
Susan Penhaligon
Susan Penhaligon
Bianca
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Harry Waters
Biondello
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David Kincaid
Grumio
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Bev Willis
Baptista's Servant
Angus Lennie
Angus Lennie
Curtis
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Harry Webster
Nathaniel
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Gil Morris
Philip
Leslie Sarony
Leslie Sarony
Gregory
Derek Deadman
Derek Deadman
Nicholas
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Denis Gilmore
Peter