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Tower of London

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Calorie Rating: 129
Released: 1939-11-17
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Studios: Universal Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Fred Frank
Assistant Director


Cast

Basil Rathbone
Character: Richard - Duke of Gloucester
Boris Karloff
Character: Mord
Barbara O'Neil
Character: Queen Elyzabeth

Ian Hunter
Character: King Edward IV
Vincent Price
Character: Duke of Clarence
Nan Grey
Character: Lady Alice Barton

Ernest Cossart
Character: Tom Clink
John Sutton
Character: John Wyatt
Leo G. Carroll
Character: Lord Hastings

Miles Mander
Character: King Henry VI
Lionel Belmore
Character: Beacon - a Chamberlain
Rose Hobart
Character: Anne Neville

Ronald Sinclair
Character: Boy King Edward
John Herbert-Bond
Character: Young Prince Richard
Ralph Forbes
Character: Henry Tudor

Frances Robinson
Character: Duchess Isobel
G.P. Huntley
Character: Wales
John Rodion
Character: Lord DeVere

Walter Tetley
Character: Chimney Sweep
Donnie Dunagan
Character: Baby Prince
Stanley Blystone
Character: First Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited)

Joan Carroll
Character: Lady Mowbray (uncredited)
Caroline Frances Cooke
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick
Character: Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Robert Greig
Character: Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
Character: Councilman (uncredited)
P.J. Kelly
Character: Beggar (uncredited)

Murdock MacQuarrie
Character: Councilman (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Character: Beggar (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
Character: Majordomo (uncredited)

Ann E. Todd
Character: Princess (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Character: Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Character: 2nd Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited)

Harry A. Bailey
Character: Councilman (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Character: Sherriff (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Character: Beggar (uncredited)

Ed Brady
Character: Beggar (uncredited)
Louise Brien
Character: Lady in Waiting
Howard Brooks
Character: Cardinal

Georgia Caine
Character: Dowager
Harry Cording
Character: Lead Murderer of the Children
Nigel De Brulier
Character: Archbishop at St. John's Chapel (uncredited)

Fred Farrell
Character: Beggar (uncredited)
Martin Faust
Character: Dighton (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Character: Cleric (uncredited)

John George
Character: Spy (uncredited)
Robert Greig
Character: Friar Cautioning John Wyatt
Frank Hagney
Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Sibyl Harris
Character: Woman
Ivo Henderson
Character: Haberdeer
Colin Kenny
Character: Soldier

George Lloyd
Character: Moat Guard
Michael Mark
Character: Henry VI's Servant
James Pier Mason
Character: Beggar

Charles Miller
Character: Councilman
Arthur Mulliner
Character: Councilman
Claude Payton
Character: Councilman

Charles Peck
Character: Page Boy
Russ Powell
Character: Sexton
Francis Powers
Character: Priest

Evelyn Selbie
Character: Beggar Woman
Venetia Severn
Character: Princess
Yvonne Severn
Character: Princess

Edgar Sherrod
Character: Priest
Ivan F. Simpson
Character: Anne's Protector
Jack C. Smith
Character: Forrest

Schuyler Standish
Character: Page
Arthur Stenning
Character: Soldier
Donald Stuart
Character: Torturer Bunch

Denis Tankard
Character: Beggar
Cyril Thornton
Character: Prisoner
David Thursby
Character: Beggar

Claire Whitney
Character: Civilian Woman
Guy York Jr.
Character: Soldier


Production and Crew

Robert N. Lee
Screenplay
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer

George Robinson
Director of Photography
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Otto Lederer
Makeup Artist

Jack Otterson
Art Direction
Vera West
Costume Design

Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Ford Beebe
Second Unit
Sam Kaufman
Makeup Artist

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor
Jack Cosgrove
Visual Effects

Russell Lawson
Visual Effects
Richard H. Riedel
Art Department Assistant
Edward Colman
Camera Operator

Arthur Gerstle
Assistant Camera
Henry Schuster
Camera Technician
George J. Teague
Camera Technician

Paul Landres
Assistant Editor
Charles Previn
Music Director
Frank Skinner
Orchestrator

Major G.O.T. Bagley
Technical Advisor

Gerald Grove
Technical Advisor
Fred Cavens
Technical Advisor
Louis Forbes
Music Coordinator