Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.

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Cast

Charles Laughton

Henry VIII

Robert Donat

Thomas Culpeper

Franklin Dyall

Thomas Cromwell

Miles Mander

Wriothesley

Laurence Hanray

Archbishop Cranmer

William Austin

Duke of Cleves

John Loder

Peynell

Claud Allister

Cornell

Gibb McLaughlin

The French Executioner

Merle Oberon

Anne Boleyn

Wendy Barrie

Jane Seymour

Elsa Lanchester

Anne of Cleves