Cromwell

Overlong historical drama concerning Oliver Cromwell and his involvement in the English Civil War of the 1600`s. Odd to see Ken Hughes cast an Irishman as Cromwell, said Irishman being the lare great Richard Harris who certainly puts the strain on the old vocal chords in this one as he is yelling his fool head off in damn near every scene. By constrast we have another late great, Alec Guiness, portraying King Charles I in a very soft spoken and mild mannered style. Even stranger to me was seeing Timothy Dalton playing Prince Rupert.....strange as in for some reason I thought this flick was made in the mid Fifties not 1970!!!!!!! Good for a rainy Sunday afternoon hangover viewing if nothing else.