Richard III (1955)
Le bossu Richard, duc de Gloucester, complote pour ravir la couronne royale de son frère Edouard IV. Après avoir épousé de force lady Anne, la veuve de l'héritier de la maison de Lancastre, Richard persuade Édouard que leur frère Clarence est un traître et parvient à le faire enfermer à la Tour de Londres, puis exécuter. Le roi Édouard meurt de maladie peu de temps après. La voie ainsi libérée, Richard n'attend plus que son couronnement pour pouvoir régner en tyran...
Directeur:
Laurence Olivier
écrivain:
Laurence Olivier
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Laurence Olivier as Richard III |
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Cedric Hardwicke as King Edward IV of England |
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Nicholas Hannen as Archbishop |
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Ralph Richardson as Duke of Buckingham |
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John Gielgud as George, Duke of Clarence |
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Mary Kerridge as Queen Elizabeth |
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Pamela Brown as Jane Shore |
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Paul Huson as Edward, Prince of Wales |
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Claire Bloom as The Lady Anne |
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Wallace Bosco as Monk |
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Andrew Cruickshank as Brackenbury |
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Clive Morton as The Lord Rivers |
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Patrick Troughton as Tyrell |
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Michael Gough as Dighton |
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Michael Ripper as Forrest |
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Stanley Baker as Henry, Earl of Richmond |
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John Laurie as Lovel |
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Stewart Allen as Page to Richard |
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Russell Thorndike as First Priest |
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Norman Fisher as Monk |
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Richard Bennett as George Stanley |
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Alexander Davion as Messenger to Richard III |
| Writing | Colley Cibber | Writer |
| Writing | David Garrick | Writer |
| Directing | Laurence Olivier | Director |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Laurence Olivier | Screenplay |
| Camera | Otto Heller | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Jack N. Green | Third Assistant Director |
| Editing | Helga Cranston | Editor |
| Production | Laurence Olivier | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Roger K. Furse | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gladys Atkinson | Hair Designer |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Sound | Barbara Hopkins | Sound |
| Sound | William Walton | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Alexander Korda | Producer |