The performances are well enough, though nothing special except perhaps by Alec Guinness as a world-weary but still haughty Charles 1. The film is about Cromwell and for dramatic purposes over-emphasises his importance in the early years of the Civil War and the run-up to it. It also bottles out of difficult things such as the Putney Debates, and totally ignores Cromwell's role from 1650 onwards in relation to Ireland and Scotland. A voiced-over claim about the long term effect of his Lord Protectorate is nonsense. So, superficial and inaccurate, even if it is entertaining enough for a while. ( )