Tower of London (1939)
Tower of London (1939)

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Cast & Crew.

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)

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)

Robert Greig
Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited) / Friar Cautioning John Wyatt

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

Rowland V. Lee
Director / Producer

Guy York Jr.
Soldier

Robert N. Lee
Screenplay

Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator

George Robinson
Director of Photography

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Otto Lederer
Makeup Artist

Jack Otterson
Art Direction

Edward Curtiss
Editor

Vera West
Costume Design

Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist

Ford Beebe
Second Unit

Sam Kaufman
Makeup Artist

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor

William Hedgcock
Sound

Jack Cosgrove
Visual Effects

Russell Lawson
Visual Effects

Louis Forbes
Music Coordinator

Fred Frank
Assistant Director

Richard H. Riedel
Art Department Assistant

Edward Colman
Camera Operator

Arthur Gerstle
Assistant Camera

Henry Schuster
Camera Technician

George J. Teague
Camera Technician
Media.



Details.
Release DateNovember 17, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Tower of London is a 1939 black-and-white historical film directed and produced by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future King Richard III of England, and Boris Karloff as his fictitious club-footed executioner Mord. The film is based on the traditional depiction of Richard rising to become King of England in 1483 by eliminating everyone ahead of him. Each time Richard accomplishes a murder, he removes one figurine from a dollhouse resembling a throneroom. Once he has completed his task, he now needs to defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain the throne.
Tower of London was developed years before production began when Rowland V. Lee travelled to the United Kingdom to do research for a historical film and came up with the idea of developing a film about Richard III of England. Pressure was put on Lee to direct the film on time and on budget as his last two pictures had gone over budget and were not completed on schedule. Lee had problems when filming two battle scenes in the film which involved 400 extras when all their costumes were damaged by the studio rain machine. Production went over-budget and led to Lee making a deal with Universal to complete all scenes with the higher costing cast members early to finish the film.
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