The Private Life of Henry VIII

HE GAVE HIS WIVES A PAIN IN THE NECK, And did his necking with an axe. Henry, the Eighth Wonder of the World! And this picture...the wonder of all time!

97 mins
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

Robert Donat

Thomas Culpeper

Franklin Dyall

Thomas Cromwell

Miles Mander

Wriothesley

Laurence Hanray

Archbishop Cranmer

William Austin

Duke of Cleves

John Loder

Peynell

Gibb McLaughlin

The French Executioner

Sam Livesey

The English Executioner

Merle Oberon

Anne Boleyn

Wendy Barrie

Jane Seymour

Elsa Lanchester

Anne of Cleves

Binnie Barnes

Katherine Howard

Everley Gregg

Katherine Parr

Lady Tree

The King's Nurse

Frederick Culley

Duke of Norfolk (uncredited)

Mark Daly

Man (uncredited)

Toni Edgar-Bruce

Spectator at Executions (uncredited)

Annie Esmond

The Cook's Wife (uncredited)

William Heughan

Kingston (uncredited)

Arthur Howard

Kitchen Helper (uncredited)

Judy Kelly

Lady Rochford (uncredited)

Wally Patch

Butcher in Kitchen (uncredited)

Hay Petrie

The King's Barber (uncredited)

Terry-Thomas

Man (uncredited)

John Turnbull

Hans Holbein (uncredited)

Osmond Borradaile

Camera Operator

Philip Lindsay

Technical Advisor

Harold Young

Editorial Manager

Geoffrey Boothby

Assistant Director

Vincent Korda

Set Designer

Arthur Wimperis

Scenario Writer

Georges Périnal

Director of Photography

John Armstrong

Costume Design

David B. Cunynghame

Production Manager

Kurt Schröder

Original Music Composer

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