The Cruel Necessity
Film
The Cruel Necessity
United Kingdom- Age rating
- PG
- Director
- Peter Dews
- Year
- 1962
A story of choices leading to redemption or further from it, set against a backdrop of human nature and societal constraints.
Top cast
Patrick Wymark
Oliver Cromwell
David William
King Charles I
Robin Wentworth
Bradshawe
Hilary Hardiman
Mrs Bradshawe
Noel Johnson
Sir Thomas Herbert
Julian Glover
Colonel Tomlinson
Patrick Garland
Henry Ireton
James Ottaway
Whalley
Joby Blanshard
Downes
John Barcroft
Marten
John Ringham
Ingoldsby
Timothy Palmer
Prince Henry
Maurice Colbourne
Bishop Juxon
Jerome Willis
The Lord General Fairfax
Alan Rowe
Solicitor-General Cook
Julian Battersby
Trooper
Ralph Broome
Trooper
John Murray Scott
A Crier
Directed by
Peter Dews
Written by
David Lytton
Produced by
Peter Dews