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Certificate 12A

Cast Tim Roth Dougray Scott Olivia Williams Rupert Everett James Bolam

Directors Mike Barker

Screenwriters Jenny Mayhew

Running Time 102 minutes

To Kill A King

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Plot
England, 1645, and the court of Charles I has been overthrown after a protracted civil war. Rebel Parliamentarian leader Thomas Fairfax has noble plans for the future, but his deputy, Oliver Cromwell, flushed by his battlefield victories, is swayed by power and paranoia.

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