Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...
- wife
- marriage
- castle
- satire
- tudor
- carry on
- king
- double entendre
- henry viii
- innuendo
The bill
Sidney James
King Henry VIII
Kenneth Williams
Thomas Cromwell
Charles Hawtrey
Sir Roger de Lodgerley
Joan Sims
Queen Marie
- Terry Scott — Cardinal Wolsey
- Barbara Windsor — Bettina
- Kenneth Connor — Lord Hampton of Wick
- Julian Holloway — Sir Thomas
- Peter Gilmore — King Francis of France
- Julian Orchard — Duc de Pincenay
- Gertan Klauber — Bidet
- David Davenport — Major Domo
- Margaret Nolan — Buxom Lass
- William Mervyn — Dr. Finlay
- Norman Chappell — Plotter
- Directed
- Gerald Thomas
- Written
- Talbot Rothwell
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 67 ratings
- Studio
- The Rank Organisation, Peter Rogers Productions
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