6. The Beaux Stratagem (1978)
Two gentlemen have fallen on hard times, so they plan to travel through small towns, entrap young heiresses, steal their money and move on, but romance gets in the way.
Release date: 1978-04-02
Season number: 13
Episode number: 6
Runtime: 90 minutes
Director: David Hugh Jones
Writer: George Farquhar
Guest stars
Tom Conti
as Francis Archer
Ian Ogilvy
as Thomas Aimwell
Julie Peasgood
as Cherry Boniface
Brenda Bruce
as Lady Bountiful
Zoë Wanamaker
as Dorinda
Carol MacReady
as Countrywoman
Malcolm Terris
as Squire Sullen
Tony Haygarth
as Scrub
Estelle Kohler
as Kate Sullen
Souad Faress
as Gypsy
Norman Rodway
as Folgard
Freddie Jones
as Gibbet
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David Waller - Lord Boniface, Ray Callaghan - Hounslow, Derek Fuke - Bagshot, Jay Neill - Tapster / Sir Charles Freeman, Paul Frowde - Fiddler