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The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.
Eugene Mazzola
- Edward V
- (as Eugene Martin)
Morris Ankrum
- The Archbishop
- (uncredited)
Paul Frees
- Opening Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Gene Roth
- The Tailor
- (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
- Member of Court
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Battle of Bosworth is made up of stock footage from the original Universal version of Tower of London (1939).
- GoofsIn this film, Richard of Gloucester, also known as Richard III (played by Vincent Price), kills Mistress Shore (played by 23-year-old Sandra Knight) on the torture Rack. This changes history. In real life, Mistress Shore (1445 -1527) lived to be 82 years old. And if she would have died at age 23, she would never have lived to become the mistress of King Edward IV of England, and the mistress of other noblemen, including Edward's stepson, Thomas Grey (1st Marquess of Dorset), and William Hastings (1st Baron Hastings).
- Quotes
Richard's mother: I brought this curse upon this house when my womb concieved you... Better I should have died in my labor... and never unleashed your evil... upon this Earth.
Richard of Gloucester: You talk of evil... You, who gave me deformity in form of a twisted spine and a withered, arm. Who possesses the greater evil my mother? You who made me this way, or I who have to bare it!
- Crazy creditsNo credit is given to Robert N. Lee, who wrote the 1939 original, nor William Shakespeare, from whose "Richard III" this was freely adapted.
- ConnectionsEdited from Tower of London (1939)
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Vincent Price is the KING...of agony!
In between basing no less than seven movies on the wondrously macabre writings of author Edgar Allan Poe, the mega-versatile cinema wizard Roger Corman also found the the time to adapt a famous William Shakespeare play and turn it into an effectively creepy and atmospheric 60's chiller. The greatest actor who ever walked the earth Vincent Price, who else? plays another malicious but emotionally tormented protagonist in the English kingdom of the late 15th century. He is Richard Plantagenet, unlikely to ever inherit the throne in a righteous way, but willing to kill blood relatives in order to become King of all England. But immediately after murdering his own brother and other innocent people that stand in his way, the restless spirits of his victims come back to haunt him in visions. "Tower of London" is a fascinating history lesson, perhaps not very accurate, but at least vastly entertaining and providing more than enough genuine frights and atmosphere. Continuously descending further into madness, sir Richard submits his victims to uncanny medieval torture devices, like a stretching-rack and a rat cage that gets placed on a poor guy's head. The photography is in stylish black & white, the costumes are downright enchanting and the use of medieval vocabulary sounded like pure music to my ears. Vincent Price is amazing, as always, portraying the historical madman that also suffered from a hereditary handicap. The performances of the supportive cast are sadly a bit hammy. For some reason and unlike most other masterpieces starring Price, this baby is rather difficult to find but definitely worth searching for. A must for fans of classic horror.
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- Coventry
- Jun 6, 2006
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- Ghost of London Tower
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- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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