The Cruel Necessity
August 3, 1962•1h 15m
DramaTV Movie
A story of choices leading to redemption or further from it, set against a backdrop of human nature and societal constraints.
Director
Peter DewsWriters
Cast

Patrick Wymark
Oliver Cromwell
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David William
King Charles I
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Robin Wentworth
Bradshawe
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Hilary Hardiman
Mrs Bradshawe
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Noel Johnson
Sir Thomas Herbert

Julian Glover
Colonel Tomlinson
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Patrick Garland
Henry Ireton
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James Ottaway
Whalley
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Joby Blanshard
Downes
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John Barcroft
Marten
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John Ringham
Ingoldsby
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Timothy Palmer
Prince Henry

Maurice Colbourne
Bishop Juxon

Jerome Willis
The Lord General Fairfax
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Alan Rowe
Solicitor-General Cook
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Julian Battersby
Trooper
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Ralph Broome
Trooper
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John Murray Scott
A Crier