Richard Harris stars as heroic commoner Oliver Cromwell, who single-handedly waged bloody battle against King Charles I in a civil war that pitted the Puritan middle class against the decadent English aristocracy during the 17th century. Cromwell, against daunting odds, eventually emerged victorious, while King Charles I suffered the loss of his head. Timothy Dalton, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley and Dorothy Tutin co-star.