The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Leslie Arliss
Written by	Leslie Arliss; additional dialogue; Gordon Glennon; Aimee Stuart
Based on	novel Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton by Magdalen King-Hall
Produced by	R. J. Minney; executive; Maurice Ostrer
Starring	Margaret Lockwood; James Mason; Patricia Roc; Griffith Jones; Michael Rennie
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Edited by	Terence Fisher
Music by	Hans May
Production; company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Eagle-Lion Distributors Limited (U.K.); Universal (U.S.)
Release date	15 November 1945;
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£900,000 or $672,000
Box office	over $1 million (US rentals); £375,000 (UK rentals) or $2,250,000 (UK gross)

The Wicked Lady is a 1945 British costume drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Margaret Lockwood in the title role as a nobleman's wife who becomes a highwaywoman for the excitement. The film had one of the largest audiences for a film of its period, 18.4 million.^[7]

It was one of the Gainsborough melodramas, a sequence of very popular films made during the 1940s.

The story was based on the 1945 novel Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton by Magdalen King-Hall which, in turn, was based upon the (disputed) events surrounding the life of Lady Katherine Ferrers, the wife of the major landowner in Markyate on the main London–Birmingham road.

The film was loosely remade by Michael Winner as The Wicked Lady in 1983.

^ "Star dotes on chasing sheep". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. VI, no. 30. New South Wales, Australia. 10 June 1945. p. 38. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "London West End Has Big Pix Sked". Variety. 21 November 1945. p. 19. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Variety (November 1946)". Variety. 1946.
^ "Ranks $4,000,000 Likely This Year". 13 October 1947. p. 20.
^ "US Life or Death to Brit Pix", Variety 25 Dec 1946 p 9
^ "PRODUCER QUITS RANK IN SPLIT OVER POLICY". The New York Times. 24 January 1947. p. 18.
^ Channel 4, top 100 film audiences

[1] "Star dotes on chasing sheep". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. VI, no. 30. New South Wales, Australia. 10 June 1945. p. 38. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "London West End Has Big Pix Sked". Variety. 21 November 1945. p. 19. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

[3] "Variety (November 1946)". Variety. 1946.

[4] "Ranks $4,000,000 Likely This Year". 13 October 1947. p. 20.

[5] "US Life or Death to Brit Pix", Variety 25 Dec 1946 p 9

[6] "PRODUCER QUITS RANK IN SPLIT OVER POLICY". The New York Times. 24 January 1947. p. 18.

[7] Channel 4, top 100 film audiences

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