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Richard III

“Conscience is a word that cowards use.”

1955 · 2h 35m · NR · Drama, History

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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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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

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