Based on Terrence Rattigan’s play, “A Bequest to the Nation,” the historical epic was re-titled for its USA release. Ian Holm and Zoe Caldwell starred in the original stage version in London’s West End in 1970. But who would ever forget Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh as Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton in the 1940 classic that Winston Churchill proclaimed his favorite film of that war torn period?
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Based on Terrence Rattigan’s play, “A Bequest to the Nation,” the historical epic was re-titled for its USA release. Ian Holm and Zoe Caldwell starred in the original stage version in London’s West End in 1970. But who would ever forget Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh as Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton in the 1940 classic that Winston Churchill proclaimed his favorite film of that war torn period?