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Beau Brummell

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Captain George Bryan Brummell (Stewart Granger) is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he at first alienates the Prince of Wales (Peter Ustinov) with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham (Elizabeth Taylor). However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 03/29/2020
2.5/4
Peter Ustinov is excellent as the insecure Prince of Wales. Go to Full Review Virginia Graham The Spectator 09/04/2018
The others, though well directed by Curtis ' Bernhardt, accompanied by Richard Addinsell's music, and lovely to look at, are of medium quality only. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 02/21/2013
C+
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07/04/2022 Just one reason to watch this: Liz Taylor. Otherwise, it's just another lavish costume drama with only a tenuous connection to historical fact. See more 04/19/2022 A film that was honestly unsatisfactory. Beau Brummel is a film that I didn't not enjoy despite Elizabeth Taylor's well done performance. I just thought the flawed historical inaccuracies in this rubbish were highly unacceptable. Beau Brummel is a pretentious poppycock of a film all because of the reckless historical inaccuracies. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 05/21/2019 Beau Brummell is an amazing film. It is about Captain George Brummell of the 10th Royal Hussars Regiment who offends the Prince of Wales with his straightforward outspokenness and gets fired from the army. Stewart Granger and Elizabeth Taylor give excellent performances. The screenplay is good but a little slow in places. Curtis Bernhardt did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama. See more 07/20/2013 Fancy, plush drama which hews a bit closer to actual history than most historical films of the time. Beautiful costumes, Elizabeth is ravishing and the cast includes an astounishingly young Rosemary Harris. Granger is fine in the lead but the best performance comes from Peter Ustinov. See more s r @ScottR 07/14/2013 "I'm absolutely famished, i've had nothing today but a partridge and some miserable scones." this is how Ustinov started the film, a hilarious start to the Elaborate, beautiful and engaging film that was hollywood at its golden age. Perhaps this is also ustinov's finest performance in telling his relationship with brummel and how they fell apart then later reconciled. Great sets, acting, direction, music and costumes. Granger was great. Liz taylor was satisfactory, but her accent distracted. I enjoyed the use of the wales plumes insignia throughout the movie. See more 04/21/2013 so so period piece costume pic See more Read all reviews
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Curtis Bernhardt

Director

Stewart Granger

Beau Brummell

Elizabeth Taylor

Lady Patricia

Peter Ustinov

Prince of Wales

Robert Morley

King George III

James Donald

Lord Edwin Mercer
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Synopsis Captain George Bryan Brummell (Stewart Granger) is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he at first alienates the Prince of Wales (Peter Ustinov) with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham (Elizabeth Taylor). However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Producer
Sam Zimbalist
Screenwriter
Karl Tunberg
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 1954, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 30, 2009
Runtime
1h 51m
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