La torre de Londres (1939)
En el siglo XV, Ricardo, Duque de Gloucester (Basil Rathbone), ayudado por su patizambo verdugo Mord (Boris Karloff), elimina a todos aquellos que se le enfrentan en la sucesión al trono, entonces ocupado por su hermano el Rey Eduardo IV de Inglaterra. Cada vez que lleva a cabo un asesinato, disfruta eliminado una de las figuritas que tiene colocadas en la sala del trono de su casa de muñecas, cuyo aspecto se asemeja a cada uno de los posibles sucesores al trono, hasta que queda sólo la suya. Después de la muerte de Eduardo se convierte en Ricardo III, Rey de Inglaterra. Sólo le falta derrotar al exiliado enrique Tudor para mantener el poder.
Directora:
Rowland V. Lee
Escritor:
Robert N. Lee
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Basil Rathbone as Richard - Duke of Gloucester |
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Boris Karloff as Mord |
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Barbara O'Neil as Queen Elyzabeth |
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Ian Hunter as King Edward IV |
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Vincent Price as Duke of Clarence |
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Nan Grey as Lady Alice Barton |
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Ernest Cossart as Tom Clink |
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John Sutton as John Wyatt |
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Leo G. Carroll as Lord Hastings |
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Miles Mander as King Henry VI |
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Lionel Belmore as Beacon - a Chamberlain |
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Rose Hobart as Anne Neville |
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Ronald Sinclair as Boy King Edward |
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John Herbert-Bond as Young Prince Richard |
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Ralph Forbes as Henry Tudor |
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Frances Robinson as Duchess Isobel |
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G.P. Huntley as Wales |
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John Rodion as Lord DeVere |
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Walter Tetley as Chimney Sweep |
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Donnie Dunagan as Baby Prince |
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Stanley Blystone as First Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited) |
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Joan Carroll as Lady Mowbray (uncredited) |
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Caroline Frances Cooke as Woman (uncredited) |
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Jean Fenwick as Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
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Robert Greig as Friar Cautioning John Wyatt (uncredited) |
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Holmes Herbert as Councilman (uncredited) |
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P.J. Kelly as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Murdock MacQuarrie as Councilman (uncredited) |
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Merrill McCormick as Beggar (uncredited) |
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C. Montague Shaw as Majordomo (uncredited) |
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Ann E. Todd as Princess (uncredited) |
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Ernie Adams as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Richard Alexander as 2nd Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited) |
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Harry A. Bailey as Councilman (uncredited) |
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Reginald Barlow as Sherriff (uncredited) |
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Ted Billings as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Ed Brady as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Louise Brien as Lady in Waiting |
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Howard Brooks as Cardinal |
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Georgia Caine as Dowager |
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Harry Cording as Lead Murderer of the Children |
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Nigel De Brulier as Archbishop at St. John's Chapel (uncredited) |
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Fred Farrell as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Martin Faust as Dighton (uncredited) |
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Al Ferguson as Cleric (uncredited) |
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John George as Spy (uncredited) |
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Robert Greig as Friar Cautioning John Wyatt |
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Frank Hagney as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Sibyl Harris as Woman |
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Ivo Henderson as Haberdeer |
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Colin Kenny as Soldier |
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George Lloyd as Moat Guard |
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Michael Mark as Henry VI's Servant |
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James Pier Mason as Beggar |
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Charles Miller as Councilman |
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Arthur Mulliner as Councilman |
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Claude Payton as Councilman |
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Charles Peck as Page Boy |
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Russ Powell as Sexton |
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Francis Powers as Priest |
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Evelyn Selbie as Beggar Woman |
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Venetia Severn as Princess |
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Yvonne Severn as Princess |
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Edgar Sherrod as Priest |
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Ivan F. Simpson as Anne's Protector |
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Jack C. Smith as Forrest |
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Schuyler Standish as Page |
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Arthur Stenning as Soldier |
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Donald Stuart as Torturer Bunch |
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Denis Tankard as Beggar |
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Cyril Thornton as Prisoner |
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David Thursby as Beggar |
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Claire Whitney as Civilian Woman |
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Guy York Jr. as Soldier |
| Directing | Rowland V. Lee | Director |
| Production | Rowland V. Lee | Producer |
| Writing | Robert N. Lee | Screenplay |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | George Robinson | Director of Photography |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otto Lederer | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Editing | Edward Curtiss | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera West | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Ford Beebe | Second Unit |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sam Kaufman | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bernard B. Brown | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | William Hedgcock | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Jack Cosgrove | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Russell Lawson | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Louis Forbes | Music Coordinator |
| Directing | Fred Frank | Assistant Director |
| Art | Richard H. Riedel | Art Department Assistant |
| Camera | Edward Colman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Arthur Gerstle | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Henry Schuster | Camera Technician |
| Camera | George J. Teague | Camera Technician |
| Editing | Paul Landres | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Charles Previn | Music Director |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Ralph Freed | Music |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Crew | Major G.O.T. Bagley | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Gerald Grove | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Fred Cavens | Technical Advisor |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Original Story |
