---
title: 'Cromwell (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ken Hughes'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 141
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cromwell-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065593/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cromwell (1970)

1970 · G · 141 min · Drama, War, Adventure, History · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Cromwell is a 1970 British historical drama film written and directed by Ken Hughes. It is based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the Parliamentary forces during the later years of the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in the 1650s. It features an ensemble cast, led by Richard Harris as Cromwell and Alec Guinness as King Charles I, with Robert Morley as Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester and Timothy Dalton as Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ken Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-hughes)
- **Screenplay:** [Ken Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-hughes), [Geoffrey Unsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-unsworth), [Ronald Harwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-harwood)
- **Director of Photography:** [Geoffrey Unsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-unsworth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Cordell](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-cordell)
- **Producer:** [Irving Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-allen)
- **Editor:** [Bill Lenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lenny)

## Cast

- [Jack Gwillim](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gwillim) as John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
- [Timothy Dalton](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-dalton) as Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- [Nigel Stock](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-stock) as Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
- [Patrick Magee](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-magee) as Hugh Peters
- [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay) as John Carter
- [Tony Caunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-caunter)
- [Patrick Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-holt)
- [Geoffrey Keen](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-keen) as John Pym
- [John Forbes-Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-forbes-robertson)
- [Charles Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-gray) as Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
- [Stacy Dorning](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-dorning) as Mary Cromwell, Countess Fauconberg
- [George Merritt](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-merritt)
- [Michael Jayston](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-jayston) as Henry Ireton
- [Anna Cropper](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-cropper) as Ruth Carter
- [Basil Henson](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-henson)

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