The Apple Cart (1975)
Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?
- Released
- 1975-01-19
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Cedric Messina
Cast
- Helen Mirren
- Nigel Davenport as King Magnus
- Prunella Scales as Queen Jemima
- Beryl Reid as Amanda
- Joyce Grant as Lysistrata
- Bill Fraser as Boanerges
- Peter Barkworth as Prime Minister
- Griffith Jones as Foreign Secretary
- Trevor Baxter as Colonial Secretary
- Reg Pritchard as Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Thorley Walters as Home Secretary
- Simon Lack as Pamphilius
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