Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
Richard Harris
as Oliver Cromwell
Alec Guinness
as King Charles I
Robert Morley
as The Earl of Manchester
Dorothy Tutin
as Queen Henrietta Maria
Frank Finlay
as John Carter
Timothy Dalton
as Prince Rupert
Patrick Wymark
as The Earl of Strafford
Patrick Magee
as Hugh Peters
Nigel Stock
as Sir Edward Hyde
Patrick Holt
as Captain Lundsford
Charles Gray
as The Earl of Essex
Michael Jayston
as Henry Ireton