Cast

Charles Laughton
Henry VIII

Robert Donat
Thomas Culpeper

Franklin Dyall
Thomas Cromwell

Miles Mander
Wriothesley
Laurence Hanray
Archbishop Cranmer

William Austin
Duke of Cleves

John Loder
Peynell

Claud Allister
Cornell

Gibb McLaughlin
The French Executioner
Sam Livesey
The English Executioner

Merle Oberon
Anne Boleyn

Wendy Barrie
Jane Seymour

Elsa Lanchester
Anne of Cleves

Binnie Barnes
Katherine Howard

Everley Gregg
Katherine Parr

Lady Tree
The King's Nurse

Frederick Culley
Duke of Norfolk (uncredited)
Mark Daly
Man (uncredited)

Toni Edgar-Bruce
Spectator at Executions (uncredited)
Annie Esmond
The Cook's Wife (uncredited)
William Heughan
Kingston (uncredited)

Arthur Howard
Kitchen Helper (uncredited)

Judy Kelly
Lady Rochford (uncredited)
Wally Patch
Butcher in Kitchen (uncredited)

Hay Petrie
The King's Barber (uncredited)

Terry-Thomas
Man (uncredited)

John Turnbull
Hans Holbein (uncredited)
Crew

Alexander Korda
Director
(Directing)
Osmond Borradaile
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Philip Lindsay
Technical Advisor
(Crew)
Harold Young
Editorial Manager
(Editing)

Arthur Wimperis
Story
(Writing)

Alexander Korda
Producer
(Production)
Geoffrey Boothby
Assistant Director
(Directing)
Vincent Korda
Set Designer
(Art)

Arthur Wimperis
Scenario Writer
(Writing)

Georges Périnal
Director of Photography
(Camera)
A.W. Watkins
Sound
(Sound)
Stephen Harrison
Editor
(Editing)

Lajos Biró
Story
(Writing)
John Armstrong
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
David B. Cunynghame
Production Manager
(Production)
Ludovico Toeplitz
Producer
(Production)
Kurt Schröder
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
