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The Apple Cart

Cedric Messina

1975 • 1h 55m

Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engag...

Cast

Helen Mirren

Nigel Davenport

Nigel DavenportKing Magnus

Prunella Scales

Prunella ScalesQueen Jemima

Beryl Reid

Beryl ReidAmanda

Joyce GrantLysistrata

Bill Fraser

Bill FraserBoanerges

Peter Barkworth

Peter BarkworthPrime Minister

Griffith Jones

Griffith JonesForeign Secretary

Trevor Baxter

Trevor BaxterColonial Secretary

Reg PritchardChancellor of the Exchequer

Thorley Walters

Thorley WaltersHome Secretary

Simon LackPamphilius

James LeithSampronius

Bernard TaylorAmerican Ambassador

Deborah MakepeacePrincess Royal

Crew

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard ShawWriter