Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

Charles Laughton
as Henry VIII

Robert Donat
as Thomas Culpeper

Franklin Dyall
as Thomas Cromwell

Miles Mander
as Wriothesley

Laurence Hanray
as Archbishop Cranmer

William Austin
as Duke of Cleves

John Loder
as Peynell

Claud Allister
as Cornell

Gibb McLaughlin
as The French Executioner

Sam Livesey
as The English Executioner
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Charles Laughton well deserved his only Oscar for this wonderfully over the top, rumbustious portrayal of Henry VIII as he embarks on his infamous spree of wives. "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" goes the mnemonic - this version skips the first wife describing her as a "decen...