Richard III (1955)
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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
Wallace Bosco
Monk
Norman Fisher
Monk
Keywords
KingTower of londonBetrayal15th centuryBritish monarchyEnglandBased on play or musicalCoronationHunchback
