Un grande amore di Giorgio IV

As an account of the doomed affair between Mrs Fitzherbert and the young Prince George, this is engaging and quite moving in places. Certainly an expensive production for British National at the time, with a huge cast and some exquisite costumes together with lavish sets. It's all presented in rather straight-laced fashion though, failing to capture the Rabelaisian flavour of the times, something the rival Gainsborough studios would not have overlooked.

Peter Graves is too much of a lightweight for the part, his presence being another testament to the scarcity of leading men in British pictures of the time. Leslie Banks as Charles Fox and Margaretta Scott as the intriguing Lady Jersey are notable in support.