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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.
Theatrical
Sep 16, 1970
Budget
$8.0M
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 7, 2003
Director
Ken Hughes
Writer
Ken Hughes
Producers
Andrew Donally, Irving Allen
Music
Frank Cordell
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Irving Allen Productions
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Quotes
See all →Authority and Duty in Political Conflict
Cromwell
Your Majesty, it is my most solemn duty to place you under arrest.
King Charles
By whose command, sir?
Cromwell
By the command of Parliament, sir.
King Charles
I know of no authority in England above that of the king.
Cromwell
It is upon that issue that this war was fought.
Political Power and Religious Conflict in Ireland
King Charles
Mr. Cromwell, you are impertinent.
Cromwell
Such issues are beyond good manners, sir. Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore, I am led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed.
Debate on Monarchy and Democracy in England
King Charles
I do swear that I hold this England and its laws dearer to my heart than any here. But gentlemen, if you were to reduce me to a figurehead, a puppet king manipulated by Parliament, how then would I serve my country? What manner of king would I be?
Cromwell
I am persuaded, Your Majesty, that England must move forward to a more enlightened form of government based upon a true representation of a free people. Such an institution is known as democracy, sir.
King Charles
A democracy, Mr...?
Cromwell
Cromwell, sir.
King Charles
Democracy, Mr. Cromwell, was a Greek drollery based on the foolish notion that there are extraordinary possibilities in very ordinary people.
Cromwell
It is the ordinary people, my lord, who would most readily lay down their lives in defence of your realm. It is simply that being ordinary, they would prefer to be asked and not told.
Cromwell Questions the Church's Direction
Priest
Let us pray. Almighty God, look down upon this thy house and we, thy humble servants. Grant us the spirit of thy grace through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Priest
An edict, squire, from the archbishop himself and by order of the king.
Cromwell
By order of the king. Is the Church of England not a Protestant church? Would the king turn the house of God into a Roman temple?
Priest
Mr. Cromwell, I beseech you.
Cromwell
Does the king think that God can be bought with gold, trinkets and gilded rubbish?
Priest
I know only that I have been instructed.
Cromwell
Has this king forgotten the Reformation?
Priest
Mr. Cromwell—
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Harris
Oliver Cromwell
A
Alec Guinness
King Charles I
R
Robert Morley
The Earl of Manchester
D
Dorothy Tutin
Queen Henrietta Maria
F
Frank Finlay
John Carter
T
Timothy Dalton
Prince Rupert
P
Patrick Wymark
The Earl of Strafford
P
Patrick Magee
Hugh Peters
N
Nigel Stock
Sir Edward Hyde
P
Patrick Holt
Captain Lundsford
C
Charles Gray
The Earl of Essex
M
Michael Jayston
Henry Ireton
M
Michael Goodliffe
Solicitor General
J
Jack Gwillim
General Byron
R
Richard Cornish
Oliver Cromwell II
A
Anna Cropper
Ruth Carter
G
George Merritt
William
B
Basil Henson
Hacker
S
Stratford Johns
President Bradshaw
G
Geoffrey Keen
John Pym
