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.
Cast
Basil Rathbone
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 - 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
Stanley Blystone
First Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited)
Joan Carroll
Lady Mowbray (uncredited)
Caroline Frances Cooke
Woman (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Robert Greig
Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited), Friar Cautioning John Wyatt
Holmes Herbert
Councilman (uncredited)
P.J. Kelly
Beggar (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Councilman (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Beggar (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
Majordomo (uncredited)
Ann E. Todd
Princess (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
2nd Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
Councilman (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Sherriff (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Beggar (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Beggar (uncredited)
Louise Brien
Lady in Waiting
Howard Brooks
Cardinal
Georgia Caine
Dowager
Harry Cording
Lead Murderer of the Children
Nigel De Brulier
Archbishop at St. John's Chapel (uncredited)
Fred Farrell
Beggar (uncredited)
Martin Faust
Dighton (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Cleric (uncredited)
John George
Spy (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Soldier (uncredited)
Sibyl Harris
Woman
Ivo Henderson
Haberdeer
Colin Kenny
Soldier
George Lloyd
Moat Guard
Michael Mark
Henry VI's Servant
James Pier Mason
Beggar
Charles Miller
Councilman
Arthur Mulliner
Councilman
Claude Payton
Councilman
Charles Peck
Page Boy
Russ Powell
Sexton
Francis Powers
Priest
Evelyn Selbie
Beggar Woman
Venetia Severn
Princess
Yvonne Severn
Princess
Edgar Sherrod
Priest
Ivan F. Simpson
Anne's Protector
Jack C. Smith
Forrest
Schuyler Standish
Page
Arthur Stenning
Soldier
Donald Stuart
Torturer Bunch
Denis Tankard
Beggar
Cyril Thornton
Prisoner
David Thursby
Beggar
Claire Whitney
Civilian Woman
Guy York Jr.
Soldier
Crew
Rowland V. Lee
Director, Producer
Robert N. Lee
Screenplay
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Paul Landres
Assistant Editor
George Robinson
Director of Photography
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Edward Colman
Camera Operator
Arthur Gerstle
Assistant Camera
Henry Schuster
Camera Technician
George J. Teague
Camera Technician
Vera West
Costume Design
Otto Lederer
Makeup Artist
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Sam Kaufman
Makeup Artist
Ford Beebe
Second Unit
Richard H. Riedel
Art Department Assistant
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor
William Hedgcock
Sound
Jack Cosgrove
Visual Effects
Russell Lawson
Visual Effects
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Charles Previn
Music Director
Louis Forbes
Music Coordinator
Ralph Freed
Music
Hans J. Salter
Music
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Major G.O.T. Bagley
Technical Advisor
Gerald Grove
Technical Advisor
Fred Cavens
Technical Advisor
William Shakespeare
Original Story
Jack Otterson
Art Direction
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