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FilmMovie ReviewsMacbeth — 1948

Macbeth

1948

1h 47m

Drama/History/War

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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)Lionel Braham (Siward)Archie Heugly (Young Siward)Jerry Farber (Fleance)Christopher Welles (Macduff's Child)Morgan Farley (Doctor)Lurene Tuttle (Gentlewoman)Brainerd Duffield (First Murderer)William Alland (Second Murderer)

Director

Orson Welles

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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 murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

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