The Taming of the Shrew
Released
March 8, 1967
Runtime: 1h 57m
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
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Cast & Crew
Elizabeth Taylor
Katharina
Richard Burton
Petruchio
Natasha Pyne
Bianca
Michael York
Lucentio
Cyril Cusack
Grumio
Michael Hordern
Baptista
Alfred Lynch
Tranio
Alan Webb
Gremio
Victor Spinetti
Hortensio
Roy Holder
Biondello
Mark Dignam
Vincentio
Bice Valori
The Widow
Giancarlo Cobelli
The Priest
Vernon Dobtcheff
Pedant
- KP
Ken Parry
Tailor
- AG
Anthony Gardner
Haberdasher
- TP
Tina Perna
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Alberto Bonucci
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Franco Zeffirelli
Director
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Paul Dehn
Screenplay
Franco Zeffirelli
Screenplay
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