The Critic

August 28, 1982

109 minutes

Don Taylor

Comedy

Overview

Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he has written a great play.

Movie Details

Release Date

August 28, 1982

Runtime

109 minutes

Director

Don Taylor

Production Companies

BBC

Cast

Hywel Bennett

Mr. Puff / Mr. King

Nigel Hawthorne

Mr. Sneer

Norman Rodway

Mr. Dangle

Rosemary Leach

Mrs. Dangle

John Gielgud

Lord Burleigh

Alan Badel

Sir Fretful Plaigary

Anna Massey

Tilburina

Rodney Bewes

Constable

Christopher Biggins

Interpreter

Clive Francis

Sheridan (Prologue)