Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
Laurence Olivier
as Richard III
Cedric Hardwicke
as King Edward IV of England
Nicholas Hannen
as Archbishop
Ralph Richardson
as Duke of Buckingham
John Gielgud
as George, Duke of Clarence
Mary Kerridge
as Queen Elizabeth
Pamela Brown
as Jane Shore
Paul Huson
as Edward, Prince of Wales
Claire Bloom
as The Lady Anne
Wallace Bosco
as Monk
Andrew Cruickshank
as Brackenbury
Clive Morton
as The Lord Rivers