Directed by:
Ken HughesScreenplay:
Ken HughesCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Frank CordellCast:
Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin, Frank Finlay, Timothy Dalton, Patrick Magee, Geoffrey Keen, Ian McCulloch, Victor Maddern (more)VOD (2)
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Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), an Anglican Puritan, has two missions in life: to wipe out England's rampant corruption and keep the country free from the influence of Catholicism. Rising through the ranks of Parliament, the Grand Protector takes on the weak-willed King Charles I (Alec Guinness) through a series of conflicts ranging from the English persecution of Irish Catholics to the raising of monies needed to fight the advancing Scot army. Events come to a head, however, in a sweeping battle between the Grand Protector's Roundheads and the King's Cavaliers, resulting in Cromwell's being the only man in English history to ever execute a king. (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
Richard Harris
Ireland
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Alec Guinness
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Robert Morley
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Dorothy Tutin
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Frank Finlay
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Timothy Dalton
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Patrick Magee
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Geoffrey Keen
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Ian McCulloch
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Victor Maddern
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Charles Gray
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Michael Jayston
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Jack Gwillim
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Michael Goodliffe
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Anthony Kemp
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Andre Van Gyseghem
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Basil Henson
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Zena Walker
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