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Starring Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, Tower of London is a chilling 15th Century melodrama based on the life of Richard III. Sixth in line to the throne, Richard (Rathbone) is an ambitious man who, with the aid of his executioner friend Mord (Karloff), treacherously disposes of the five who stand between him and the crown. Mercilessly this cold-hearted pair torture and kill the heirs in the infamous Tower of London. Not for the faint of heart, this shocking classic grimly recounts the deeds that earned Richard III his place as the most despised monarch in English history and established the Tower as the most dreaded building in the world.
Original Release
11/17/1939
US Release
11/17/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Basil Rathbone | Richard - Duke of Gloucester / Richard, Duke of Gloucester |
Boris Karloff | Mord |
Barbara O'Neil | Queen Elyzabeth |
Ian Hunter | King Edward IV |
Vincent Price | Duke of Clarence |
Nan Grey | Lady Alice Barton |
Ernest Cossart | Tom Clink |
John Sutton | John Wyatt |
Leo G. Carroll | Lord Hastings |
Miles Mander | King Henry VI |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Basil Rathbone | Richard - Duke of Gloucester / Richard, Duke of Gloucester |
Boris Karloff | Mord |
Barbara O'Neil | Queen Elyzabeth |
Ian Hunter | King Edward IV |
Vincent Price | Duke of Clarence |
Nan Grey | Lady Alice Barton |
Ernest Cossart | Tom Clink |
John Sutton | John Wyatt |
Leo G. Carroll | Lord Hastings |
Miles Mander | King Henry VI |
Lionel Belmore | Beacon / Beacon - a Chamberlain |
Rose Hobart | Anne Neville |
Ronald Sinclair | Boy King Edward |
John Herbert-Bond | Young Prince Richard |
Ralph Forbes | Henry Tudor |
Frances Robinson | Duchess Isobel |
G.P. Huntley | Wales |
John Rodion | Lord DeVere |
Walter Tetley | Chimney Sweep |
Donnie Dunagan | Baby Prince |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rowland V. Lee | Producer |