Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward has him imprisoned in the Tower of London; killers in Richard's pay then drown Clarence in a barrel of wine. When news of Clarence's death reaches the King, the subsequent grief and remorse bring about his death. Richard is made Lord Protector, with power to rule England while his nephew (now King Edward V) is still a minor. Before the young king's coronation he has his two nephews conveyed to the Tower, ostensibly for their safekeeping. Richard's accomplice, the Duke of Buckingham, then declares the two boys illegitimate and offers Richard the crown, which after a show of reticence he accepts. After Richard's coronation, he and Buckingham have a falling-out over whether or not to assassinate the two children.
as Richard III
as King Henry VI
as Duke of Buckingham
as Queen Margaret
as First Murderer
as Lady Anne
as First Citizen / Sir James Tyrrel
as King Edward IV
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
as Sir William Catesby
as Jane Shore
as Earl Rivers
as Queen Elizabeth
as Lord Grey / Lord Mayor of London
as Duchess of York
as Lord Hastings
as Second Citizen / First Messenger / Earl of Richmond
as Young Duke of York
as Stanley, Earl of Derby / Archbishop of York
as Sir Robert Brackenbury / Earl of Surrey
as Edward, Prince of Wales
as Second Murderer / Sir Thomas Vaughan
as Marquess of Dorset
as George, Duke of Clarence
as Lady Margaret Plantagenet
as Page to Richard
as Halberdier / Lord Lovell
as Ghost of Prince of Wales
as Edward Plantagenet
as Duke of Norfolk
