That Hamilton Woman

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That Hamilton Woman (Lady Hamilton)
Directed by Alexander Korda
Produced by Alexander Korda
Written by Walter Reisch
R.C. Sherriff
Starring Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Music by Miklos Rozsa
Distributed by London Films (UK)
United Artists (US)
Release date(s) 1941
Running time 128 min.
Language English
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That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- the original British title was simply Lady Hamilton -- is a historical film drama, produced and directed by Alexander Korda for Alexander Korda Films.

It tells the story of Emma Hamilton, who was mistress to Admiral Horatio Nelson, played respectively by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Heather Angel also appears in the film in the minor part of a street prostitute. The story begins with a decrepit, now-alcoholic Lady Hamilton thrown into debtor's prison in the slums of Calais, and shows her past life by means of a flashback, as she narrates the story to her skeptical fellow inmates.

Stars Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were newlyweds at the time of filming and were considered a "dream couple".

In one scene Nelson (Laurence Olivier) says he has received orders from Admiral Hood. Ironically Olivier would go on to play Admiral Hood 43 years later in The Bounty (1984).

This was Sir Winston Churchill's favorite film.[citation needed]

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