An Excellent Historical Drama
I really enjoyed this film in spite of any historical inaccuracies. If you watch the film as simply a Hollywood drama instead of "historical truth" then the movie is quite enjoyable to watch.
Basil Rathbone & Boris Karloff are in what might be their most wicked and vile roles ever! Rathbone plays Richard - Duke of Gloucester while Karloff plays the chief gaolor of the Tower & executioner Mord.
The movie is not considered to be a horror film yet it feels much like watching a historical horror-drama similar to watching the unrelated film "Tower of London (1962)" which also stars Vincent Price. ToL '62 is a completely different story than this Rathbone, Karloff and Price classic from '39.
"Tower of London (1939)" is worth watching for the fans of horror, historical dramas, Rathbone, Karloff and/or Price.
9/10
Basil Rathbone & Boris Karloff are in what might be their most wicked and vile roles ever! Rathbone plays Richard - Duke of Gloucester while Karloff plays the chief gaolor of the Tower & executioner Mord.
The movie is not considered to be a horror film yet it feels much like watching a historical horror-drama similar to watching the unrelated film "Tower of London (1962)" which also stars Vincent Price. ToL '62 is a completely different story than this Rathbone, Karloff and Price classic from '39.
"Tower of London (1939)" is worth watching for the fans of horror, historical dramas, Rathbone, Karloff and/or Price.
9/10
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