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The motion picture they were made for! - The Taming of the Shrew
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Title: The Taming of the Shrew

Release Date: 8 Mar 1967

Runtime: 1h 57m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Columbia Pictures, Royal Films International, FAI

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Royal Films International, FAI

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (168 votes)

Cast

  • Katharina: Elizabeth Taylor
  • Petruchio: Richard Burton
  • Bianca: Natasha Pyne
  • Lucentio: Michael York
  • Grumio: Cyril Cusack
  • Baptista: Michael Hordern
  • Tranio: Alfred Lynch
  • Gremio: Alan Webb
  • Hortensio: Victor Spinetti
  • Biondello: Roy Holder
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