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Macbeth
- Title
- Macbeth [videorecording] / Republic Pictures ; Charles K. Feldman presents a Mercury Production by Orson Welles ; directed by Orson Welles.
- Format
- Videocassette
- Uniform series
- Collectors' classics (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Published/Produced
- Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1986?]
- Description
- 1 videocassette (112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
- Cast
- Orson Welles (Macbeth), Dan O'Herlihy (MacDuff), Jeannette Nolan (Lady Macbeth), Edgar Barrier (Banquo), Alan Napier (a holy father), Roddy McDowall (Malcolm).
- Credits
- Director of photography, John L. Russell ; art director, Fred Ritter ; film editor, Louis Lindsay ; music, Jacques Ibert.
- System details
- VHS.
- Summary
- Macbeth, driven by overwhelming ambition and urged on by Lady Macbeth, murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne.
- Notes
- Based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Originally released as motion picture by Republic Pictures, 1948; film restored by UCLA Film Archives and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Subject headings
- Feature films.
- Other contributors
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 Nolan, Jeanette, 1911-1998 O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005 McDowall, Roddy, 1928- Mercury Productions. Republic Pictures Corporation. Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm)
- ISBN
- 1555261477