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Macbeth

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1948 · NR · 1h 47m

Directed by Orson Welles

7.3

TMDB audience score
194 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth commits a treasonous act and takes the throne for himself.

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Cast

  • Orson Welles
    Macbeth

  • Jeanette Nolan
    Lady Macbeth

  • Dan O'Herlihy
    Macduff

  • Roddy McDowall
    Malcolm

  • Edgar Barrier
    Banquo

  • Alan Napier
    A Holy Father

  • Erskine Sanford
    Duncan

  • John Dierkes
    Ross

  • Keene Curtis
    Lennox

  • Peggy Webber
    Lady Macduff/The Three

  • Lionel Braham
    Siward

  • Archie Heugly
    Young Siward

  • Jerry Farber
    Fleance

  • Christopher Welles
    Macduff Child

  • Morgan Farley
    Doctor

  • Lurene Tuttle
    Gentlewoman / The Three

  • Brainerd Duffield
    First Murderer / The Three

  • William Alland
    Second Murderer