To Play the King Movie Review 1993

Sequel to "The House of Cards" finds Francis Urquhart (Richardson), having murdered his way to the Prime Ministery, now bored with his political situation. But things may be changing--the Queen has been succeeded by her liberal son (Kitchen) and Francis, goaded by his equally vicious wife (Fletcher), plots treachery to bring down the monarchy. Followed by "The Final Cut"; adapted from the novel by Michael Dobbs.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 212 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Politics, Great Britain, Royalty

Screenplay

Andrew Davies

Cast

Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Diane Fletcher, Kitty Aldridge, Bernice Stegers, Colin Jeavons, Rowena King, Erika Hoffman, Nicholas Farrell

Director

Paul Seed

Producer

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)