It was directed by David MacDonald and starred Dennis Price as Byron with Mai Zetterling, Linden Travers and Joan Greenwood.

[4] The film sees life from the perspective of Lord Byron, seriously wounded in Greece where he is fighting for Greek independence.

The film was to be written, produced and directed by Terence Young based on the books by Peter Quennell, The Years of Fame and Byron in Italy.

[6] Working with Gainsborough script adviser Paul Holt, Box reconfigured the film to consist of a series of flashbacks about episodes in Byron's life.

Box ultimately decided this approach was too derivative of Citizen Kane and made Byron's presence in the film too insubstantial.

He then decided to focus the script on Byron's relationship with Teresa Guiccioli but changed his mind with Mai Zetterling who was playing that part was not available.

[7] Linden Travers later recalled the film as "a pretty interesting thing to do, though I think it needed a wilder type than Dennis Price for Byron.

"[13] Great effort and much money was spent to ensure the film was as historically accurate as possible in terms of sets and costumes.

"[19] A critic for Time Out has written of the film: Not as bad as its reputation would suggest, since it is well acted and stylishly shot, but the script is undeniably silly.

Starting with Byron (Price) dying in Greece, it cuts to a celestial trial at which the women in his life appear to give evidence, their stories being seen in flashback.

Very basic stuff, historically inaccurate and not made any more convincing by the eventual revelation that the judge is Byron himself (though his lines have hitherto been delivered by someone else).

[3] Muriel Box recalled it was the film "that cost us most money" although it "was meticulously researched and several authors worked on it; Dennis Price was very good as Byron, but people didn't go for it.