Tower of London | |
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The theatrical release poster |
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Directed by | Roger Corman |
Produced by | Gene Corman Edward Small |
Written by | Leo Gordon F. Amos Powell Robert E. Kent |
Starring | Vincent Price Michael Pate Robert Brown Charles Macaulay Joan Freeman Morris Ankrum |
Music by | Michael Anderson |
Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date(s) | October 24, 1962 |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Tower of London is a 1962 historical drama and horror film, starring Vincent Price and Michael Pate. The film is a remake of the 1939 film of the same name, starring Price, Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff. Directed by Roger Corman, the film was produced by Edward Small Productions. The film also contained scenes that had been edited from the 1939 film.
Richard, the duke of Gloucester (Vincent Price), murders his way to the throne and becomes King Richard III of England. But the ghosts of those he murdered still continue to haunt him as his surviving victims band together against him, ultimately raising an army and killing him in the Battle of Bosworth Field.