Jan 16, 1957
105 min
Full-HD

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Category

Drama History Romance

Country

United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Jennifer Jones

Elizabeth Barrett

Bill Travers

Robert Browning

John Gielgud

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Virginia McKenna

Henrietta Barrett

Maxine Audley

Arabel

Susan Stephen

Bella

Keith Baxter

Charles Barrett

Lesley Scoble

Uncredited

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