The Taming of the Shrew
The motion picture they were made for!
6.9(184) 1967-03-08 117 minComedyRomance
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.
ScreenplaySuso Cecchi d'Amico
ScreenplayPaul Dehn
ScreenplayFranco Zeffirelli
ProducerFranco Zeffirelli
Original Music ComposerNino Rota
DirectorFranco Zeffirelli
ProducerRichard Burton
Cast & characters
Elizabeth Taylor
as Katharina
Richard Burton
as Petruchio
Natasha Pyne
as Bianca
Michael York
as Lucentio
Cyril Cusack
as Grumio
Michael Hordern
as Baptista
Alfred Lynch
as Tranio
Alan Webb
as Gremio
Victor Spinetti
as Hortensio
Roy Holder
as Biondello
Mark Dignam
as Vincentio
Bice Valori
as The Widow
Giancarlo Cobelli
as The Priest
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Pedant
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Ken Parry
as Tailor
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Anthony Gardner
as Haberdasher
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Tina Perna
as —
Alberto Bonucci
as —
Milena Vukotić
as —
Alfredo Bianchini
as —
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Valentino Bacchi
as —
Valentino Macchi
as —
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Giuseppe Transocchi
as Petruchio's Servant (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici
as Citizen (uncredited)
