Movie: Henry IV Part 1

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Jon Finch
Jon Finch

King Henry IV

David Gwillim
David Gwillim

Henry, Prince of Wales

Rob Edwards
Rob Edwards

Prince John

David Buck
David Buck

Earl of Westmoreland

Robert Brown
Robert Brown

Sir Walter Blunt

Clive Swift
Clive Swift

Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

Bruce Purchase
Bruce Purchase

Henry Percy

Tim Pigott-Smith
Tim Pigott-Smith

Harry Percy, Hotspur

Robert Morris
Robert Morris

Edmund Mortimer

John Cairney
John Cairney

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    Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.

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    1979-12-09

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    7

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    English
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