Henry V (1944)
Reviewed in January 2010

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Director: Laurence Olivier. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Harcourt Williams, Michael Warre, Nicholas Hannen, Leo Genn, Renée Asherson, Felix Aylmer, Robert Helpmann, Gerald Case, Griffith Jones, Max Adrian, Ralph Truman, Ernest Thesiger, Ivy St. Helier, George Robey, Freda Jackson, Robert Newton, Russell Thorndike, Francis Lister, Jonathan Field, Michael Shepley, Niall MacGinnis, John Laurie, Frank Tickle, Jimmy Hanley, Arthur Hambling, Ernest Hare, Valentine Dyall. Screenplay: Dallas Bower, Alan Dent, and Laurence Olivier (based on the play by William Shakespeare).

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Photo © 1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Not yet reviewed in full. B+

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners (1946):
	Best Picture
	Best Actor: Laurence Olivier
	Best Art Direction (Color): Paul Sheriff; Carmen Dillon
	Best Original Score (Comedy/Drama): William Walton
★	Honorary Award: Laurence Olivier
Other Awards (1946):
	New York Film Critics: Best Actor (Olivier)
	National Board of Review: Best British Film; Best Actor (Olivier)

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