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The Taming of the Shrew(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-10-23
78%
6 Votes
Time: 2h 6m
The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
Overview:
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Time-Life Television Productions
Movie: The Taming of the Shrew
Top 10 Billed Cast
Simon Chandler
Lucentio
John Franklyn-Robbins
Baptista
Frank Thornton
Gremio
Sarah Badel
Katherine
Jonathan Cecil
Hortensio
John Cleese
Petruchio
Joan Hickson
Widow
Susan Penhaligon
Bianca
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