--- title: 'Tower of London (1939)' type: 'film' director: 'Rowland V. Lee' released: '1939-01-01' runtime_minutes: 92 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tower-of-london-1939' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032049/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Tower of London (1939) 1939 · 92 min · Drama, Horror · United States ## Synopsis Tower of London is a 1939 black-and-white historical film directed and produced by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future King Richard III of England, and Boris Karloff as his fictitious club-footed executioner Mord. The film is based on the traditional depiction of Richard rising to become King of England in 1483 by eliminating everyone ahead of him. Each time Richard accomplishes a murder, he removes one figurine from a dollhouse resembling a throneroom. Once he has completed his task, he now needs to defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain the throne. ## Credits - **Director:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee) - **Producer:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee) - **Screenplay:** [Robert N. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-n-lee) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ralph Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-freed) - **Director of Photography:** [George Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-robinson) - **Editor:** [Edward Curtiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-curtiss) ## Cast - [Lionel Belmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-belmore) as Beacon - [Frank Hagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hagney) as Soldier - [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny) as Soldier - [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig) as Friar - [Barbara O'Neil](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-o-neil) as Elizabeth Woodville - [Nigel De Brulier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-brulier) as Archbishop at St. John's Chapel - [G. P. Huntley](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-p-huntley) as Edward of Westminster - [Joan Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-carroll) as Lady Mowbray - [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price) as George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence - [Rose Hobart](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-hobart) as Anne Neville - [Frances Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-robinson) as Duchess Isobel - [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert) as Councilman - [Ivan Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-simpson) as Anne's Protector - [Richard Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-alexander) as Gate Guard - [Ernest Cossart](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-cossart) as Tom Clink ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tower-of-london-1939 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1194224); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.