Richard III
13/12/1955
3h

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.
Cast


Laurence Olivier
Richard III


Cedric Hardwicke
King Edward IV of England


Nicholas Hannen
Archbishop


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


Claire Bloom
The Lady Anne


Wallace Bosco
Monk


Andrew Cruickshank
Brackenbury


Clive Morton
The Lord Rivers


Patrick Troughton
Tyrell


Michael Gough
Dighton


Michael Ripper
Forrest


Stanley Baker
Henry, Earl of Richmond


John Laurie
Lovel
Stewart Allen
Page to Richard


Russell Thorndike
First Priest
Norman Fisher
Monk
Richard Bennett
George Stanley


Alexander Davion
Messenger to Richard III
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