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Richard III

Conscience is a word that cowards use.

1955 · NR · 2h 35m

Directed by Laurence Olivier

7.2

TMDB audience score
99 votes, out of 10

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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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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
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