Directed by:
Laurence OlivierCinematography:
Otto HellerComposer:
William WaltonCast:
Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Mary Kerridge, Claire Bloom, Pamela Brown, Russell Thorndike, Laurence Naismith (more)Plots(1)
Soon after Edward IV is crowned, his brother Richard, a hunchback whose disfigured body houses a twisted soul, begins scheming for the throne of England. He woos and wins the Lady Anne, then poisons Edward's mind against their brother, Clarence, later securing his death. But even after his coronation, Richard continues with his villainous campaign to secure his position as king. (Network)
(more)Cast
![Laurence Olivier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653386_e9c43e.jpg)
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Hamlet (1948)
![Cedric Hardwicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/621/162621796_89038e.jpg)
Cedric Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Rope (1948)
Richard III (1955)
![Ralph Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653272_360425.jpg)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![John Gielgud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405827_80acb2.png)
John Gielgud
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
![Mary Kerridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193962_b1e54b.jpg)
Mary Kerridge
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV movie)
Anna Karenina (1948)
![Claire Bloom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270243_d4d2e1.jpg)
Claire Bloom
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The King's Speech (2010)
Limelight (1952)
![Pamela Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364318_0d60d7.jpg)
Pamela Brown
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
Richard III (1955)
Russell Thorndike
UK
Best movies:
![Laurence Naismith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494629_a4957e.jpg)
Laurence Naismith
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
![Michael Gough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273017_6e4263.jpg)
Michael Gough
Malaysia
Best movies:
Corpse Bride (2005)
Out of Africa (1985)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
![Helen Haye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765207_746f2d.jpg)
Helen Haye
India
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
![Esmond Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505321_153cd2.jpg)
Esmond Knight
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Hamlet (1948)
![John Laurie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999986_78c233.jpg)
John Laurie
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The 39 Steps (1935)
![Timothy Bateson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/910/157910737_61ccd9.jpg)
Timothy Bateson
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Joseph (1995) (TV movie)
![Patrick Troughton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272251_448968.jpg)
Patrick Troughton
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983) (TV movie)
The Omen (1976)
Hamlet (1948)
![Stanley Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494635_bb05f3.jpg)
Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
![Michael Ripper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225611_1339e9.jpg)
Michael Ripper
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The One That Got Away (1957)
![Rosalind Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/347/347598_806745.jpg)
Rosalind Knight
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Richard III (1955)
Norman Wooland
German Empire
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Richard III (1955)
![Douglas Wilmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/607/160607394_16771d.jpg)
Douglas Wilmer
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Cleopatra (1963)
Richard III (1955)