The Devil's Disciple

8

United Kingdom

Drama TV Movie

120 min

1987

Patrick Stewart Elizabeth Spriggs Susan Wooldridge Patrick Godfrey Patrick Newell Larry Lamb Benjamin Whitrow Ian Richardson

Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience held dear, especially family and marriage. In 1777 as the American War of Independence rages, Dick Dudgeon returns to the family he revolted against years ago. But his life is about to take another twist as the british arrive and seem set on an execution...