Tower of London 1962 PG

Production still from Tower of London 1962 / Director: Roger Corman / Image courtesy: Park Circus / View full image
When
1.00 pm, Sat 24 May 2025 (79 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema B
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
"Having made their mark on American horror cinema with three colourful adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe – The Fall of the House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum and Tales of Terror – Vincent Price and director Roger Corman enjoyed a brief hiatus from the macabre author with Tower of London. Shot in black and white, the film was loosely based on the Universal horror picture of the same name as well as two Shakespeare plays: a dash of Macbeth and a dollop of Richard III.
Price plays Richard of Gloucester, brother to a dying king and eager to take his place on the throne. When he is overlooked in favour of their sibling, the Duke of Clarence, things take a murderous turn. Richard goes on a murderous rage, only for the ghosts of those he has slain to return from the grave and haunt him…" - Arrow Films
PG | Mild violence
Production Credits
- Director: Roger Corman
- Script: Leo Gordon, F Amos Powell, James B Gordon
- Based on: a story by Leo Gordon and F Amos Powell
- Cinematographer: Arthur R Dalzell
- Editor: Ronald Sinclair
- Cast: Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman
- Rights: Park Circus
- Year: 1962
- Runtime: 79 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Black & White
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: DCP