The Nelson Affair

An endlessly talky version of the famous story that scandalized England nearly two centuries ago, THE NELSON AFFAIR is yet another picture in Hal Wallis' continuing Anglophilia. In the past, he'd made ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS, BECKET, MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, and THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE among others. It's the summer of 1805, and Finch is returning home after two years of successfully keeping Napoleon's navy at bay. He's long been separated from his wife, Leighton, and now he wants a sabbatical with one-time blacksmith's daughter Jackson, who is now Lady Hamilton. She is staying at Finch's estate in Surrey, an...