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Richard III (1955)
7.5
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed king and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir. Director:Laurence OlivierWriters:William Shakespeare (play), David Garrick (textual alterations for his production of the play), and 2 more credits » |
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Cedric Hardwicke | ... | |
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Nicholas Hannen | ... | |
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Ralph Richardson | ... | |
| John Gielgud | ... |
George, Duke of Clarence
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Mary Kerridge | ... | |
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Pamela Brown | ... | |
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Paul Huson | ... |
Edward, Prince of Wales
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Stewart Allen | ... |
Page to Richard
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Russell Thorndike | ... |
First Priest
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Wallace Bosco | ... |
Monk
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Norman Fisher | ... |
Monk
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Andrew Cruickshank | ... | |
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Clive Morton | ... | |
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Storyline
Richard's military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. But jealousy and resentment cause Richard to seek the crown for himself, and he conceives a lengthy and carefully calculated plan using deception, manipulation, and outright murder to achieve his goal. His plotting soon has tumultuous consequences, both for himself and for England. Written by Snow Leopard
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Murder | Battlefield | Haunted By Own Murder Victim | Prophecy | Tower Of London | See more »Parents Guide:
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3. Richard See more »Company Credits
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1.66 : 1
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The first film to have its U.S. premiere in theaters and on TV simultaneously. This occurred on the afternoon of 11 March 1956, when NBC-TV broadcast the film on the same day it had its U.S. premiere in New York. (It had already had its world premiere and first run in London in 1955.) The telecast was the longest single presentation of a film or play (three hours counting the commercials) ever shown on TV up to that time. Classic British films presented by J. Arthur Rank, such as Caesar and Cleopatra, had already made their network TV debuts on an ABC-TV program titled "Famous Film Festival", but many of these were either drastically cut to fit a ninety-minute time slot or shown in two parts. Walt Disney had already begun, on his Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color TV program, to telecast some of his theatrical films, but these were shown in two or more one-hour segments, one segment per week, or edited down to one hour, as in the case of Alice in Wonderland . It was not until CBS showed The Wizard of Oz in 1956, that an uncut, full-length theatrical film was shown on network TV during prime time in one evening. See more »Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Richard and Buckingham are standing over Edward IV's deathbed, and Buckingham says 'To part the Queen's proud kindred from the princes', Ralph Richardson's lips are out of sync. See more »Quotes
Richard III: Look how my ring encompasseth thy finger. Even so thy breast encloseth my poor heart. Wear both of them, for both of them are thine.See more »
Crazy Credits
Most of the film's credits are shown at the end. The opening credits show only the title of the film, Shakespeare's name, and the names of the main actors. See more »
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