BBC Play of the Month The Adventures of Don Quixote (Season 8, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 100 min | Drama

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BBC Play of the Month

The Adventures of Don Quixote (Season 8, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 100 min | Drama

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.

Director

Alvin Rakoff

Writers

Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (novel "Don Quixote") | J.M. Cohen (translation) | Hugh Whitemore (screenplay)

Producer

Composer

Cinematographer

Editor

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 7, 1973

Release date

Apr 23, 1973 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 14 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
18 cast members

Name	Known for
Rex Harrison Don Quixote Don Quixote See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Frank Finlay Sancho Panza Sancho Panza See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Rosemary Leach Dulcinea / Aldonza Dulcinea / Aldonza See fewer	A Room with a View (1985)
Robert Eddison Duke Duke See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Bernard Hepton Village Priest Village Priest See fewer	Get Carter (1971)
Paul Whitsun-Jones 1st Innkeeper 1st Innkeeper See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Murray Melvin Travelling barber Travelling barber See fewer	The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Roger Delgado Officer of the Holy Brotherhood Officer of the Holy Brotherhood See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Ronald Lacey Barber Barber See fewer	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Gwen Nelson Housekeeper Housekeeper See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Françoise Pascal Harlot Harlot See fewer	Mind Your Language (1977)
Brian Spink Death Death See fewer	Reluctant Bandit (1965)
John Hollis 1st Prisoner 1st Prisoner See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Walter Sparrow 2nd Prisoner 2nd Prisoner See fewer	Now and Then (1995)
Michael Golden 2nd Innkeeper 2nd Innkeeper See fewer	Murder She Said (1961)
Jon Mattoche Goatherd Goatherd See fewer	BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Brian Coburn 1st Muleteer 1st Muleteer See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Athol Coats 2nd Muleteer 2nd Muleteer See fewer	Big Brother (1970)