Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
- biography
- based on true story
- oxford
- parliament
- religion
- capital punishment
- king
- english civil war
- tyranny
- historical drama
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Richard Harris
Oliver Cromwell
Alec Guinness
King Charles I
Robert Morley
The Earl of Manchester
Dorothy Tutin
Queen Henrietta Maria
- Frank Finlay — John Carter
- Timothy Dalton — Prince Rupert
- Patrick Wymark — The Earl of Strafford
- Patrick Magee — Hugh Peters
- Nigel Stock — Sir Edward Hyde
- Patrick Holt — Captain Lundsford
- Charles Gray — The Earl of Essex
- Michael Jayston — Henry Ireton
- Michael Goodliffe — Solicitor General
- Jack Gwillim — General Byron
- Richard Cornish — Oliver Cromwell II
- Directed
- Ken Hughes
- Written
- Ken Hughes
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 106 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Irving Allen Productions
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