Cromwell: Warts and All (2003)

Actors: Jim Carter (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), Steven Elder (actor), Neil McDonald (producer), Gideon Turner (actor), Andrew Thompson (producer), Andrew Thompson (director), Ronald Frame (writer), Amena Hasan (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Biography, Drama, History,

Kings and Queens of England Volume II (1994)

Actors: Robert Powell (actor), Bob Carruthers (producer), Ian Brooker (actor), Phil Reynolds (actor), Graham Holloway (director), Graham Holloway (producer), Simon Kirk (actor), Kate Dunn (writer), Paul Perrins (editor), Tim Meacock (actor), Richard Nunn (actor), Vanessa Comer (actress), John Fenner (actor), Leslie Lancaster (actress), Angus MacDonald (actor),

Genres: ,

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988)

Actors: Ben Elton (writer), Warren Clarke (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Stephen Fry (actor), Hugh Laurie (actor), Tim McInnerny (actor), Tony Robinson (actor), Rowan Atkinson (actor), Richard Curtis (writer), Howard Goodall (composer), John Lloyd (producer), Chris Wadsworth (editor), Mandie Fletcher (director), Richard Winter (costume designer),

Plot: In 1648, Sir Edmund Blackadder, descendant of Prince Edmund Plantagent and currently the sole member of the noble dynasty, is one of two people who stayed loyal to King Charles I after Oliver Cromwell's threat, the other being Baldrick, descendant of a pig farmer and a bearded lady. To protect his liege, Sir Edmund has hid the king (the series has already proven to us that the royals are insane) in Blackadder Hall, but Baldrick unwittingly betrays the ruler when Cromwell arrives at the Hall. Blackadder decides he must save the king when he is sentenced to execution, and becomes frustrated when Baldrick cluelessly accepts a job as executioner- until he realizes he may be able to use it to save Charles...

Keywords: 1640s, 17th-century, alternative-comedy, black-adder, british-comedy, character-name-in-title, decapitation, pumpkin, ring, sequel
Genres: Comedy, History, Short,

Quotes:

Edmund Blackadder: Baldrick, your brain is like the four-headed, man-eating haddock fish-beast of Aberdeen.::Baldrick: In what way?::Edmund Blackadder: It doesn't exist.

Edmund Blackadder: Oh damn! One measly civil war in the entire history of England and I'm on the wrong bloody side!

Edmund Blackadder: We will enter a hideous age of Puritanism. They'll close all the theaters... lace handkerchiefs for men will be illegal... and I won't be able to find a friendly face to sit on this side of Boulogne!

Baldrick: I have a cunning plan to save the king.::Edmund Blackadder: Ha! Well forgive me if a don't do a cartwheel of joy; your family's history in the department of cunning planning is about as impressive as Stumpy O'Leg McNolegs' personal best in the Market Harborough marathon.

Edmund Blackadder: Shut up, with the greatest respect, your Majesty.

Edmund Blackadder: Shut up, with the deepest respect, your Highness!

Edmund Blackadder: The Earl he had a thousand sovereigns, hey-nonny-no / He gave them all to the man with the ax-oh...

King Charles I: Wait a minute - that voice has a familiar ring! And so does that finger!

Edmund Blackadder: Sire, this is a matter of life and death!::King Charles I: Nonsense Blackadder, I don't think there is a jury in England that would bring in a verdict of guilty against me.::[knocking, a guard enters]::Guard: Your majesty, the verdict of the jury. [hands Blackadder a document and exits]::King Charles I: So, what does it say? Guilty or not guilty?::Edmund Blackadder: [reads the document] I'll give you two guesses.::King Charles I: Not guilty.::Edmund Blackadder: One more guess.

[a man concealed in a brown robe reveals himself]::King Charles I: Blackadder, you're disguised as a priest! How dangerously stupid and perverted. It's just like school!

Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore (1969)

Actors: Attilio Dottesio (actor), Mario Feliciani (actor), Sergio Fantoni (actor), Valentino Macchi (actor), Mario Ferrari (actor), Vittorio Cottafavi (director), Aldo Bufi Landi (actor), Guido Alberti (actor), Vittorio Congia (actor), Filippo De Gara (actor), Eros Pagni (actor), Germano Longo (actor), Giancarlo Sbragia (actor), Roberto Bruni (actor), Gilberto Mazzi (actor),

Genres: History,

The Silver Swan (1952)

Actors: Peter Cushing (actor), Shaun Sutton (producer), Rex Tucker (director), Rex Tucker (producer), Oliver Burt (actor), Randal Herley (actor), Randal Herley (actor), C.E. Webber (writer), John Hunter Blair (composer), Peggy Livesey (actress), Violet Lamb (actress), Robert Irving (actor), Elsie Morison (actress), Robert Irving (actor), Carole Maybank (actress),

Genres: ,

Helter Skelter (1949)

Actors: Dennis Price (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Jon Pertwee (actor), Jon Pertwee (actor), Bill Fraser (actor), Colin Gordon (actor), Kenneth Griffith (actor), Valentine Dyall (actor), Johnny Briggs (actor), Michael Medwin (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Mervyn Johns (actor), Henry Kendall (actor), Basil Radford (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance,
Taglines: Hip-Hiccup-Hooray!

The Royal Oak (1923)

Actors: Maurice Elvey (director), Clive Brook (actor), Thurston Hall (actor), Henry Victor (actor), Henry Victor (actor), Betty Compson (actress), Rolf Leslie (actor), Henry Ainley (actor), Bertie Wright (actor), Dallas Cairns (actor), Henry Hamilton (writer), Lucita Squier (writer), Augustus Harris (writer), Peter Dear (actor), Blanche Walker (actress),

Genres: Drama,

The Fighting Blade (1923)

Actors: Bradley Barker (actor), William Hamilton (editor), Richard Barthelmess (actor), Frederick Burton (actor), John S. Robertson (director), Beulah Marie Dix (writer), Phil Tead (actor), Morgan Wallace (actor), Dorothy Mackaill (actress), Marcia Harris (actress), Josephine Lovett (writer), Walter Horton (actor), Don Bartlett (writer), Lee Baker (actor), Stuart Sage (actor),

Plot: In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his lady-love, the fair Thomsine Musgrove, and prove his nettle, and that his blade is made of the finest metal.

Keywords: cad, castle, damsel-in-distress, deceit, deception, duplicity, dutchman, england, father-daughter-relationship, hero
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War,

The Tavern Knight (1920)

Actors: Maurice Elvey (director), Clifford Heatherley (actor), Eille Norwood (actor), Sinclair Hill (writer), Teddy Arundell (actor), Cecil Humphreys (actor), Madge Stuart (actress), Lawrence Anderson (actor), Rafael Sabatini (writer), Booth Conway (actor), Charles Croker-King (actor), J.E. Wickers (actor),

Genres: Adventure, History,

Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1913)

Actors: Arthur Bauer (actor), William Russell (actor), Florence La Badie (actress), Lloyd Lonergan (writer), Rose Thorpe (writer), Charles Fisher (actor),

Genres: Drama, Short,