The Taming of the Shrew
68.97999999999999 %|Mar 8, 1967|Comedy, Romance
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.
Featured Crew
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Paul Dehn
Screenplay
Franco Zeffirelli
Screenplay
Franco Zeffirelli
Producer
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Peter Taylor
Editor
Richard McWhorter
Executive Producer
Lorenzo Mongiardino
Production Design
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Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
Katharina
Richard Burton
Petruchio
Natasha Pyne
Bianca
Michael York
Lucentio
Cyril Cusack
Grumio
Michael Hordern
Baptista
Alfred Lynch
Tranio
Alan Webb
Gremio
Victor Spinetti
Hortensio
Roy Holder
Biondello
Mark Dignam
Vincentio
Bice Valori
The Widow
Giancarlo Cobelli
The Priest
Vernon Dobtcheff
Pedant
Ken Parry
Tailor
Anthony Gardner
Haberdasher
Giuseppe Transocchi
Petruchio's Servant (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici
Citizen (uncredited)
Luciano Bonanni
Citizen (uncredited)
Giuseppe Castellano
Citizen (uncredited)
Adele Cambria
Citizen (uncredited)
Aristide Catoni
Citizen (uncredited)
Iolanda Fortini
Citizen (uncredited)
Aristide Caporale
Bell Ringer (uncredited)
Carlo Pisacane
Petruchio's Servant (uncredited)