Lady Caroline Lamb

1972
PG
2h 3m

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A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.

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5.4/10

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Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards
- 3 nominations total

Trivia
In reality, Lady Caroline Lamb was addicted to laudanum, which is generally thought to be one of the contributing factors to her premature death. There is no reference to this specific addiction in the movie, although in the first scene Lady Bessborough offers Caroline a tincture of some sort for her nervousness, that tincture which most-likely is laudanum.

Goofs
Members of Parliament do not applaud speeches.

Quotes
ADC to Wellington: [Caroline has just slashed her wrists] Good God, your Grace! She just tried to kill herself!
Duke of Wellington: Nonsense, me boy. No difficulty about killing yourself, if you really mean to.

Connections
Referenced in The Films of Robert Bolt (1972)

Soundtracks
Lancers
(uncredited)
Music by Lacout
Arranged by Lawrence Ashmore

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7/10

Potatoes and Vinegar

Only a besotted husband could send a love letter as wacky as this movie as Robert Bolt did to Sarah Miles; on which he squandered all the critical capital he'd amassed with 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'A Man for All Seasons'.

The real Caroline Lamb (1785-1828) probably wasn't much like the unhinged pixie Sarah Miles plays here (and there never was another woman like Joan Greenwood in 'The Bad Lord Byron'). Lord Byron was certainly nothing like Richard Chamberlain in Freddie Mercury eyeliner. But dull it ain't.