Drama / History / War /

Score: 66%( 95 votes )

Overview: Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

Cast:

Richard Harris
Oliver Cromwell

Alec Guinness
King Charles I

Robert Morley
The Earl of Manchester

Dorothy Tutin
Queen Henrietta Maria

Frank Finlay
John Carter

Timothy Dalton
Prince Rupert

Patrick Wymark
The Earl of Strafford

Patrick Magee
Hugh Peters

Nigel Stock
Sir Edward Hyde

Patrick Holt
Captain Lundsford

Charles Gray
The Earl of Essex

Michael Jayston
Henry Ireton

Michael Goodliffe
Solicitor General

Jack Gwillim
General Byron

Richard Cornish
Oliver Cromwell II

Anna Cropper
Ruth Carter

George Merritt
William

Basil Henson
Hacker

Stratford Johns
President Bradshaw

Geoffrey Keen
John Pym

Douglas Wilmer
Sir Thomas Fairfax

Anthony May
Richard Cromwell

Ian McCulloch
John Hampden

Robin Stewart
Charles - Prince of Wales

Zena Walker
Mrs. Cromwell

John Paul
General Digby

John Welsh
Bishop Juxon

André van Gyseghem
Archbishop Rinuccini

Anthony Kemp
Henry Cromwell

Stacy Dorning
Mary Cromwell

Mel Churcher
Bridget Cromwell

Josephine Gillick
Elizabeth Cromwell

Llewellyn Rees
Speaker

John Forbes-Robertson
Colonel Harrison