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Mrs Brown (1997)99 minDrama, HistoryRating 67/100

Experience Judi Dench's Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Queen Victoria, whose unconventional friendship with servant John Brown (Billy Connolly) elicited an unprecedented palace scandal that threatened to weaken the monarchy.

Cast: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Gerard Butler, Richard Pasco, David Westhead

Director: John Madden