Richard III

Richard III

155 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 13, 1955

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of York, 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.

Richard III

155 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 13, 1955

Richard III
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of York, 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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers London Film Productions, L.O.P.
Original title Richard III
Directors Jack N. Green, Laurence Olivier
Writers David Garrick, Colley Cibber, William Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier

Cast

Laurence Olivier

as Richard III

Cedric Hardwicke

as King Edward IV of England

Nicholas Hannen

as Archbishop

Ralph Richardson

as Duke of Buckingham

John Gielgud

as George, Duke of Clarence

Mary Kerridge

as Queen Elizabeth

Pamela Brown

as Jane Shore

Paul Huson

as Edward, Prince of Wales

Claire Bloom

as The Lady Anne

Wallace Bosco

as Monk

Andrew Cruickshank

as Brackenbury

Clive Morton

as The Lord Rivers

Patrick Troughton

as Tyrell

Michael Gough

as Dighton

Michael Ripper

as Forrest

Stanley Baker

as Henry, Earl of Richmond

John Laurie

as Lovel

Stewart Allen

as Page to Richard

Russell Thorndike

as First Priest

Norman Fisher

as Monk