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Cromwell

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In 1640s England, King Charles I (Alec Guinness) is engaged in a power struggle with Parliament, and civil war seems imminent to House of Commons member Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), who's preparing to depart for the American colonies. When he's asked to stay to fight for the Parliamentary cause, however, Cromwell agrees and proves himself a brilliant leader of the Roundhead army. Soon, it's up to him to lead his army to victory over the king's Cavaliers and take back England for the people.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Richard Harris, as Cromwell, schleps around the kingdom reciting epigrams and looking distracted. He doesn't inhabit the role or even seem to care much about it. Rated: 2/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator The script [has] bitten off a more complex slice of history than it can hope to chew. Jul 18, 2018 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) An impressive cast of Brit thespians yelling dialogue in that declamatory manner that clues you in on the fact that this is important stuff. Rated: 3/5 May 12, 2010 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 3/5 Oct 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 23, 2005 Full Review Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Cromwell is an excellent historical spectacle movie, the kind of lavishly mounted picture that film observers keep saying are gone forever because of the high costs of making them. Nov 20, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jelisije J A good movie that does the job of making me want to look up the actual history this film is based on. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/05/25 Full Review Richard T Richard Harris is simply outstanding and is supported by a cast which is at the very height of their respective powers. Don’t believe the self-satisfied critics who condemn the film - they are like those adolescents who say Shakespeare is rubbish. Quite simply they lack insight into Ken Hughes’ masterpiece Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/25 Full Review Jim P As a piece of British history this is a great movie. I can't vouch for the accuracy though. The acting of the lead role is breathtaking! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/22/24 Full Review nikola m Tho it may be boring to overstimulated kids today I personally am blown away by the acting skill of all actors. Except Richard Harris, I never heard before for any of them. I too expected it to be boring, cold and monotone. To a point it maybe is but to me it shows cold emotionless atmosphere of puritan way of interpreting human life. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Eye C An interesting history lesson about that time when England stop being a monarchy. I enjoyed it very much. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Bill T A religious war epic to take someone who doesn't like these type of fillms.. You know, so they can further despise you. Never knew the tale of Oliver Cromwell, a man who despised the king so much, he organized a civil war to unseat the king, and then England didnt quite know what to do with itself. Anyways, Richard Harris does a good job in playing the titular character, and it's war scenes against Alex Guinness (!!) are quite well done... But this moves at a snail's pace, and could have used a wee bit more editing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Ken Hughes

Director

Richard Harris

Oliver Cromwell

Alec Guinness

King Charles I

Robert Morley

The Earl of Manchester

Dorothy Tutin

Queen Henrietta Maria

Frank Finlay

John Carter

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Synopsis In 1640s England, King Charles I (Alec Guinness) is engaged in a power struggle with Parliament, and civil war seems imminent to House of Commons member Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), who's preparing to depart for the American colonies. When he's asked to stay to fight for the Parliamentary cause, however, Cromwell agrees and proves himself a brilliant leader of the Roundhead army. Soon, it's up to him to lead his army to victory over the king's Cavaliers and take back England for the people.
Director
Ken Hughes
Producer
Irving Allen
Screenwriter
Ken Hughes
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia
Rating
G
Genre
History, Drama, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 26, 1970, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Runtime
2h 25m
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