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Tower of London (1939)

Directed by Rowland V. Lee

Drama | History

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Overview

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.

Rated NR | Length 92 minutes

Actors

Basil Rathbone | Boris Karloff | Barbara O'Neil | Ian Hunter | Vincent Price | Nan Grey | Ernest Cossart | John Sutton | Leo G. Carroll | Miles Mander | Lionel Belmore | Rose Hobart | Ronald Sinclair | John Herbert-Bond | Ralph Forbes | Frances Robinson | G.P. Huntley | John Rodion | Walter Tetley | Donnie Dunagan | Stanley Blystone | Joan Carroll | Caroline Frances Cooke | Jean Fenwick | Holmes Herbert | P.J. Kelly | Murdock MacQuarrie | Merrill McCormick | C. Montague Shaw | Ann Todd | Ernie Adams | Richard Alexander | Harry A. Bailey | Reginald Barlow | Ted Billings | Ed Brady | Louise Brien | Howard Brooks | Georgia Caine | Harry Cording | Nigel De Brulier | Fred Farrell | Martin Faust | Al Ferguson | John George | Robert Greig | Frank Hagney | Sibyl Harris | Ivo Henderson | Colin Kenny | George Lloyd | Michael Mark | Jim Mason | Charles Miller | Arthur Mulliner | Claude Payton | Charles Peck | Russ Powell | Francis Powers | Evelyn Selbie | Venetia Severn | Yvonne Severn | Edgar Sherrod | Ivan F. Simpson | Jack C. Smith | Schuyler Standish | Arthur Stenning | Donald Stuart | Denis Tankard | Cyril Thornton | David Thursby | Claire Whitney | Guy York Jr.

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Viewing Notes

Funny that this is included in the Universal Horror box sets from Shout Factory because its decidedly not a horror film. Probably got included because it has both Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in it, both of whom are great in their respective roles. Basil Rathbone makes a great villain in this as the treacherous, scheming, hunchbacked asshole Richard, Duke of Glouchester.

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