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The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)

The Lady and the Highwayman
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Hugh Grant, Oliver Reed, Michael York, Emma Samms, Claire Bloom ... (see more)

The young lady Panthea Vyne falls in love with the handsome highwayman who saves her from her brutal husband. He kills him in a fair duel. Later on when Charles the 2nd is reinstated as King of England she attends the royal court. But here she becomes the enemy of the kings former mistress and the p... (read more)

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PG, 98 min.
Directed by: John Hough
Release Date: Jan 22, 1989
DVD Release Date: Oct 20, 2000

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227 days ago
Awesomely bad, and good for a laugh.
(I mean, just look at any of the many VHS/DVD covers. They're laughably unattractive, which is about right for this movie.)
720 days ago
Sadly I own this DVD ... because it has my darling Hugh in it but please ... don't watch it!!
748 days ago
I can't decide whether I should realistically give it 1 star, or give it 5 for being so enjoyable for being so awful. So I'll keep it at 2.5!
803 days ago
This is my tip top favorite movie on earth. I know every word of it by heart and you should too.
814 days ago
Hug Grant as a fascinating and sexy highwayman called "Silver Blade"--and Michael York as Charles II--while not particularly poignant, this film is porn for restoration fanatics across the globe. (minus the sex--though there is a foiled rape scene--f... (read more)

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