Tower of London (1939) Review

Director: Rowland V. Lee

Writer: Robert N. Lee

Stars: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil

1 Hour, 32 Minutes

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Tower of London (1939)Tower of London (1939)
In 1471 Edward IV has violently deposed feeble Old Henry VI and now holds him prisoner. We start off with Boris Karloff as Mord, the executioner. He's getting to ready to execute Lord Devere. There's an interminably long scene where they all prepare for the execution, and at long last Karloff removes Devere's head.

After things wrap up, we see that the king's brother, Richard, has little dolls that represent all his enemies in a little cupboard. He explains to us that all of these men are between him and the throne.

Richard and Edward need to solidify an alliance, so they force Wyatt to marry the Duchess of Norfolk, even though he is betrothed to Alice. He refuses. Edward threatens to remove his head, and plans to follow through with it. Wyatt breaks free from the guards, but Mord tackles him easily.

The Duke of Wales attacks, and Richard and Edward see it as an opportunity. They trick the unstable old king into "leading" the battle, with the assumption that someone will cut him down. The old king doesn't even realize they'll be fighting against his own son.

There's a great battle with hundreds of extras fighting each other. Richard defeats Wales in single combat. The old king is confused, but survives the battle. Old Henry comes home a hero, but Mord kills him on Richard's orders. Richard then removes one of the dolls from his little throne room diorama and burns it.

The king and Richard scheme to fix it so that Ann, the widow of Wales, can only be spared if she marries Richard. This builds up Richard to the point where it takes power and money away from the Duke of Clarence, played by Vincent Price. Clarence threatens, "You'll be sorry!" Clarence then starts plotting revenge...

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