Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of York, 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.
Elenco: Cedric Hardwicke , Nicholas Hannen , Laurence Olivier , Ralph Richardson , John Gielgud , Mary Kerridge , Pamela Brown , Paul Huson , Stewart Allen , Claire Bloom , Wallace Bosco , Norman Fisher , Andrew Cruickshank , Clive Morton , Russell Thorndike , Patrick Troughton , Michael Gough , Michael Ripper .