Cast
- Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell
- Alec Guinness as King Charles I
- Robert Morley as The Earl of Manchester
- Dorothy Tutin as Queen Henrietta Maria
- Frank Finlay as John Carter
- Timothy Dalton as Prince Rupert
- Patrick Wymark as The Earl of Strafford
- Patrick Magee as Hugh Peters
- Nigel Stock as Sir Edward Hyde
- Charles Gray as The Earl of Essex
- Michael Jayston as Henry Ireton
- Douglas Wilmer as Sir Thomas Fairfax
- Geoffrey Keen as John Pym
- Anthony May as Richard Cromwell
- Stratford Johns as President Bradshaw
- Ian McCulloch as John Hampden
- Patrick O'Connell as John Lilburne
- Jack Gwillim as General Byron
Tony Caunter, George A. Cooper, and Peter Bennett, three prominent English actors, were cut out of the film following production. Timothy Dalton, 24 years old at the time, was offered the role by casting director Maude Spector, known for her work in Lawrence of Arabia; oddly enough, Dalton was being granted the role of James Bond (to replace the aging Sean Connery) whom he would portray 17 years later.
The final version of Cromwell at one stage was 180 minutes long, but it was cut down to 141 minutes, deleting a number of featured roles in the process including Felix Aylmer (in his final film) as an archbishop, and Bryan Pringle.
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