Tower of London (1939 film)

Encyclopedia : T : TO : TOW : Tower of London (1939 film)

Tower of London (1939) is a historical horror film released by Universal Pictures and directed by Rowland V. Lee. Based on William Shakespeare's Richard III it stars Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff. Rathbone plays the part of the 15th century Richard, the Duke of Gloucester and Karloff plays his club-footed executioner, Mord. The film depicts Richard and his attempts to eliminate everyone ahead of him so he can become the King of England. Once he has completed his task, he now needs to defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain the throne. Each time Richard accomplishes a murder, he removes one figurine from a dollhouse, resembling a throneroom.

This film is considered by most more of an historical drama than a horror film. It was, however, well-acted and inspired a 1962 remake starring Vincent Price (who plays the Duke of Clarence in this version).

External links

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.