
The Tower of London
by Basil Rathbone (Richard III),
Boris Karloff (Mord the Executioner),
Vincent Price (Duke of Clarence),
Barbara O'Neil (Queen Elizabeth),
Nan Grey (Lady Alice Barton),
John Sutton (John Wyatt),
Leo G. Carroll (Lord Hastings),
Miles Mander (Henry VI),
Lionel Belmore (Beacon Chiruegeon),
Rose Hobart (Anne Neville),
Ralph Forbes (Henry Tudor),
Frances Robinson (Duchess Isobel),
Ernest Cossart (Tom Clink),
G.P. Huntley Jr. (Prince of Wales),
John Rodion (Lord DeVere),
Ronald Sinclair (Prince Edward),
Donnie Dunagan (Prince Richard as a Child),
John Herbert-Bond (Young Prince Richard),
Walter Tetley (Chimney Sweep),
Georgia Caine (Dowager Duchess),
Ivan Simpson (Retainer),
Nigel de Brulier (Archbishop),
Holmes Herbert (Councilman),
Charles Miller (Councilman),
Venecia Severn (Princess,Princess),
Louise Brien (Ladies in Waiting),
Jean Fenwick (Ladies in Waiting),
Michael Mark (Servant to Henry VI),
C. Montague Shaw (Major Domo),
Don Stewart (Bunch,Bunch),
Reginald Barlow (Sheriff at Execution),
Robert Greig (Father Olmstead),
Ivo Henderson (Haberdeer),
Charles Peck (Page Boy),
Harry Cording (Tyrell,
Assassin),
Jack C. Smith (Forrest),
Colin Kenny (Soldier),
Arthur Stenning (Soldier),
Evelyn Selbie (Beggar Woman),
Denis Tankard (Beggar),
David Thursby (Beggar),
Claire Whitney (Civilian Woman),
Ernie Adams (Prisoner Begging for Water,Prisoner Begging for Water),
Russ Powell (Sexton,
Bell Ringer,Sexton,
Bell Ringer),
Ann Todd (Queen Elizabeth's Daughter),
Ian Hunter (Edward IV),
G.P. Huntley (Prince of Wales),
Alec McCowen (Actor),
Rowland V. Lee (Producer,Director,Screenwriter),
Rowland V. Lee (Director,Screenwriter),
Edward Curtiss (Editor,Editor),
Jack Otterson (Art Director),
George Robinson (Cinematographer),
Frank Skinner (Composer),
Frank Skinner (Composer),
H.J. Salter (Composer),
H.J. Salter (Composer),
Russell Gausman (Set Design)
Format: DVD
ISBN: 25192181276
Publication Date: 10/07/2014
Edition Description: B&W
Basil Rathbone's real-life son, John Rodion, has his head chopped off early on in this historical melodrama often mistakenly referred to as a horror film. Yes, a second-billed Boris Karloff does stomp about on a club-foot as the Duke of Glouchester's chief executioner, Mord, but Karloff's presence is really more colorful than horrifying. Rathbone is the main villain here, as the Duke of Glouchester, the deformed second brother of Edward IV (Ian Hunter), whose throne he covets. But before he can place himself on that exalted chair, there are quite a few relatives and pretenders to be rid off. The exiled Prince of Wales ({|G.P. Huntley|}) is dispatched during a battle, and his father, the feeble-minded Plantagenet King Henry VI (Miles Mander), who steadfastly refuses to gracefully die of old age, is murdered by Mord. Half-brother Clarence (Vincent Price), meanwhile, is drowned very picturesquely in a vat of Malmsey wine and when Edward IV dies of natural causes, only his two young sons remain. To the horror of Queen Elizabeth (Barbara O'Neil), Glouchester is named their protector -- which of course means that Mord the executioner will be working overtime once again. But the evil duke, now Richard III, has not counted on the heroic John Wyatt (John Sutton), who, by looting the treasury, is able to bring back from exile in France yet another pretender, Henry Tudor (Ralph Forbes). The latter's invasion proves victorious at the famous battle of Bosworth Field and the brutal reign of Richard II, and his executioner, comes to an end.
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