Beau Brummell (film)
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| Beau Brummell | |
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 Original French film poster |
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| Directed by | Curtis Bernhardt |
| Produced by | Sam Zimbalist |
| Written by | Karl Tunberg Clyde Fitch (play) |
| Starring | Stewart Granger Peter Ustinov Elizabeth Taylor Robert Morley |
| Music by | Richard Addinsell Miklós Rózsa. |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Editing by | Frank Clarke |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) |  1 October 1954 |
| Running time | 113 min |
| Country | USA/ UK |
| Language | English |
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Beau Brummell is a 1954 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Sam Zimbalist from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg, based on the play, Beau Brummell, by Clyde Fitch. The music score was by Richard Addinsell with Miklós Rózsa.
The film stars Stewart Granger as Beau Brummell, Peter Ustinov as the Prince of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Morley, James Donald, James Hayter, Rosemary Harris and Paul Rogers.
The film is a remake of a Warner Bros silent film version made in 1924 starring John Barrymore as Brummel, Mary Astor and Willard Louis as the Prince of Wales.
A new version, made-for-television in 2006 for Flashback Television Limited and BBC Four, starred James Purefoy as Beau Brummell, Hugh Bonneville as the Prince Regent and Matthew Rhys as Lord Byron.
