The Flame Is Love (1979)

In this melodrama from Barbara Cartland's 1975 bestseller, a turn-of-the-century American heiress, while en route to her betrothal to an English duke, encounters love and intrigue in the arms of a French journalist.

Cast (19)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Linda Purl

Emmaline Nevada 'Vada' Holtz

Shane Briant

Pierre

Timothy Dalton

Marquis de Guaita

Richard Johnson

Narrator

Joan Greenwood

Duchess of Grantham

P

Paul Lavers

Duke of Grantham

K

Kathleen Barrington

Nancy Sparling

Helena Carroll

Charity

Godfrey Quigley

M. Worth

J

John Franklyn

Verlaine

J

Jim Fitzgerald

Toulouse-Lautrec

M

Maureen Toal

La Goulue

A

Alain Christie

Arthur Rimbaud

M

Meryl Gourley

Mrs. Holtz

P

Peadar Lamb

Dr. Mirell

Brian de Salvo

Jacques

J

John Molloy

Taxil

A

Ann O'Dwyer

Singer

E

Eddie Golden

Peladan

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