Black Legend

Black Legend

1949

CrimeDrama

A dramatic retelling of the brutal double murder of Martha Broomham and her son Robert perpetrated by her husband George and his mistress Dorothy Newman on 23 February 1676.

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Mount Pleasant Productions

Language

XX

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy

Mad Thomas

Alan Cooke

The Prosecutor

John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger

The Judge

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