Directed by:
Rowland V. LeeScreenplay:
Robert N. LeeCinematography:
George RobinsonComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Ernest Cossart, John Sutton, Leo G. Carroll, Miles Mander, Rose Hobart (more)Plots(1)
Starring Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, Tower of London is a chilling 15th Century melodrama based on the life of Richard III. Sixth in line to the throne, Richard (Rathbone) is an ambitious man who, with the aid of his executioner friend Mord (Karloff), treacherously disposes of the five who stand between him and the crown. Mercilessly this cold-hearted pair torture and kill the heirs in the infamous Tower of London. Not for the faint of heart, this shocking classic grimly recounts the deeds that earned Richard III his place as the most despised monarch in English history and established the Tower as the most dreaded building in the world. (Universal Pictures US)
(more)Cast
![Basil Rathbone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268087_79a953.jpg)
Basil Rathbone
South Africa
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Captain Blood (1935)
We're No Angels (1955)
![Boris Karloff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/522/163522520_00c5a5.jpg)
Boris Karloff
UK
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![Barbara O'Neil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473447_748de3.jpg)
Barbara O'Neil
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Nun's Story (1959)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
![Ian Hunter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505317_706acd.jpg)
Ian Hunter
South Africa
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
![Vincent Price](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/234/164234664_594760.jpg)
Vincent Price
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (video compilation)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
![Nan Grey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/539/162539976_e66276.jpg)
Nan Grey
USA
Best movies:
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Tower of London (1939)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
![Ernest Cossart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193966_d50e2e.jpg)
Ernest Cossart
UK
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
Kings Row (1942)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
![John Sutton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507419_dbdc2a.jpg)
John Sutton
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
![Leo G. Carroll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/534/164534305_3b7044.jpg)
Leo G. Carroll
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
North by Northwest (1959)
Captains Courageous (1937)
![Miles Mander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505316_a77091.jpg)
Miles Mander
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Madame Curie (1943)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
![Rose Hobart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496807_79d186.jpg)
Rose Hobart
USA
Best movies:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Conflict (1945)
Canyon Passage (1946)
![Ralph Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003892_b80407.jpg)
Ralph Forbes
UK
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
![Frances Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/587/161587382_ee3a8e.jpg)
Frances Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Bedtime Story (1964)
![Holmes Herbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499964_83239b.jpg)
Holmes Herbert
UK
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Captain Blood (1935)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
![Richard Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886701_57630c.jpg)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
![Ernie Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886814_8df218.jpg)
Ernie Adams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Joan Carroll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948789_b9747d.jpg)
Joan Carroll
USA
Best movies:
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Tower of London (1939)
Colin Kenny
Ireland
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Merrill McCormick
USA
Best movies:
Robin Hood (1922)
If I Were King (1938)
Texas (1941)
![Stanley Blystone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/007/160007033_598bc7.jpg)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Circus (1928)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)