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Richard Iii

Richard Iii

Criterion/Voyager (Dec 13, 1955)
Drama | History | War
UK | English | Color | 02:38
DVD
1 disc
Region 1

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.


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Cedric Hardwicke King Edward IV of England
Nicholas Hannen Archbishop
Laurence Olivier Richard III
Ralph Richardson Duke of Buckingham
John Gielgud George / Duke of Clarence
Mary Kerridge Queen Elizabeth
Pamela Brown Jane Shore
Paul Huson Edward / Prince of Wales
Stewart Allen Page to Richard
Claire Bloom The Lady Anne
Russell Thorndike First Priest
Wallace Bosco Monk
Norman Fisher Monk
Andrew Cruickshank Brackenbury
Clive Morton The Lord Rivers
Terence Greenidge Scrivener
Norman Wooland Catesby
Alec Clunes The Lord Hastings
Dan Cunningham The Lord Grey
Douglas Wilmer The Lord Dorset
Laurence Naismith The Lord Stanley
Michael Gough Dighton / 1st murderer
Michael Ripper Forrest / 2nd murderer
Helen Haye Duchess of York
Andy Shine Young Duke of York