

Richard III
I can smile, and murder while I smile
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 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.
Cast

Ian McKellen
Richard III

Annette Bening
Queen Elizabeth

Jim Broadbent
The Duke of Buckingham

Robert Downey Jr.
Earl Rivers

Kristin Scott Thomas
Lady Anne

Adrian Dunbar
James Tyrrell

Maggie Smith
Duchess of York

Tim McInnerny
William Catesby

Edward Hardwicke
Lord Stanley

Nigel Hawthorne
The Duke of Clarence

Jim Carter
Lord Hastings

Dominic West
The Earl of Richmond

John Wood
King Edward IV

Roger Hammond
Archbishop Thomas

Bill Paterson
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
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Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 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.
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