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Tower of London: Directed by Rowland V. Lee. With Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter. 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.
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- Drama, History
Tower of London. 1939, 92 minutes, b&w. "No age is without its ruthless men — who, in their search for power, leave dark stains upon the pages of History." So reads the scrawl at the beginning of Tower of London. Basil Rathbone starred in this film playing Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who later became Richard III.
- Fred Frank, Ford Beebe
- Rowland V. Lee
- Rowland V. Lee
- Universal
Military Cross. Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an Anglo-South African actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films. Rathbone frequently portrayed suave ...
Rated: 4/5 • Sep 11, 2003. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Basil Rathbone), brother of King Edward IV (Ian Hunter), maneuvers to get the powerful John Wyatt ...
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- Basil Rathbone
- Rowland V. Lee
- November 17, 1939
Sep 28, 2017 · Here’s how it works. Tower of London (1939) | DVD release – Basil Rathbone slaughters his way to the English throne as Richard III in the historical melodrama. Sixth in line to the throne, Richard (Basil Rathbone) is an ambitious man who, with the aid of Mord (Boris Karloff) his executioner friend, treacherously disposes of the five who ...
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Basil Rathbone's real-life son, John Rodion, has his head chopped off early on in this historical melodrama often mistakenly referred to as a horror film. Yes, a second-billed Boris Karloff does stomp about on a club-foot as the Duke of Glouchester's chief executioner, Mord, but Karloff's presence is really more colorful than horrifying.
To prevent Richard's mad ascension to the throne, Wyatt returns to England and steals the royal treasure, but before he can bestow it upon Richard's rival, Henry Tudor, Wyatt is caught and imprisoned. With the help of the Queen and Alice, John escapes with the treasure to France and Henry Tudor. In revenge, Richard has Mord murder the young ...
