The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 75% of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
97 audience votes
Key crew
- Laurence OlivierDirector
- William WaltonOriginal Music Composer
- Laurence OlivierScreenplay
- Alan DentScreenplay
Cast
- Laurence OlivierRichard III
- Cedric HardwickeKing Edward IV of England
- Nicholas HannenArchbishop
- Ralph RichardsonDuke of Buckingham
- John GielgudGeorge, Duke of Clarence
- Mary KerridgeQueen Elizabeth
- Pamela BrownJane Shore
- Paul HusonEdward, Prince of Wales
- Claire BloomThe Lady Anne
- Wallace BoscoMonk
- Andrew CruickshankBrackenbury
- Clive MortonThe Lord Rivers
Stills
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Themes
englandcoronationbased on play or musicalbetrayalkinghunchbacktower of london15th centurybritish monarchyvistavision