Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.

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Cast

Ian McKellen

Richard III

Annette Bening

Queen Elizabeth

Jim Broadbent

The Duke of Buckingham

Robert Downey Jr.

Earl Rivers

Kristin Scott Thomas

Lady Anne

Adrian Dunbar

James Tyrrell

Maggie Smith

Duchess of York

Tim McInnerny

William Catesby

Edward Hardwicke

Lord Stanley

Nigel Hawthorne

The Duke of Clarence

Jim Carter

Lord Hastings

Dominic West

The Earl of Richmond