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An Ideal Husband (Season 4, Episode 9)
TV Episode | 82 min | Drama

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord ...See moreSir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26} See less
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Oscar Wilde (play)
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Updated May 11, 1969

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May 11, 1969 (United Kingdom)
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12 cast members
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Margaret Leighton
Mrs. Cheveley Mrs. Cheveley   See fewer
Keith Michell
Sir Robert Chiltern Sir Robert Chiltern   See fewer
Jeremy Brett
Vicount Goring Vicount Goring   See fewer
Dinah Sheridan
Lady Chiltern Lady Chiltern   See fewer
Susan Hampshire
Mabel Chiltern Mabel Chiltern   See fewer
Charles Carson
The Earl of Caversham The Earl of Caversham   See fewer
Zena Dare
Lady Markby Lady Markby   See fewer
Magda Miller
Lady Basildon Lady Basildon   See fewer
Penelope Lee
Mrs. Marchmont Mrs. Marchmont   See fewer
Michel Faure
Vicomte de Nanjac Vicomte de Nanjac   See fewer
Erik Chitty
Phipps Phipps   See fewer
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