The best Richard Todd’s history movies

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

11/06/1919- 03/12/2009
We present our ranking of the best Richard Todd’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Richard Todd.

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters
7.4/10
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 23/07/1953
  • Character: Charles Brandon
Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnaped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued by her love in an exciting battle on the beach.

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen
6.6/10
Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

Saint Joan

Saint Joan
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 08/05/1957
  • Character: Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch.

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France

Marie-Antoinette Queen of France
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 27/04/1956
  • Character: Comte Axel von Fersen
While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how to be generous when he learns of this deception.

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