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In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Barbara O'Neil Ian Hunter Vincent Price Nan Grey Ernest Cossart John Sutton Leo G. Carroll Miles Mander Lionel Belmore Rose Hobart Ronald Sinclair John Herbert-Bond Ralph Forbes Frances Robinson G.P. Huntley John Rodion Walter Tetley Donnie Dunagan Stanley Blystone Joan Carroll Caroline Frances Cooke Jean Fenwick Robert Greig Holmes Herbert P.J. Kelly Murdock MacQuarrie Merrill McCormick C. Montague Shaw Ann E. Todd Ernie Adams Richard Alexander Harry A. Bailey Reginald Barlow Ted Billings Ed Brady Louise Brien Howard Brooks Georgia Caine Harry Cording Nigel De Brulier Fred Farrell Martin Faust Al Ferguson John George Robert Greig Frank Hagney Sibyl Harris Ivo Henderson Colin Kenny George Lloyd Michael Mark James Pier Mason Charles Miller Arthur Mulliner Claude Payton Charles Peck Russ Powell Francis Powers Evelyn Selbie Venetia Severn Yvonne Severn Edgar Sherrod Ivan F. Simpson Jack C. Smith Schuyler Standish Arthur Stenning Donald Stuart Denis Tankard Cyril Thornton David Thursby Claire Whitney Guy York Jr.
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