Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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.
- scotland
- tragic hero
- 11th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- 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
- Directed
- Orson Welles
- Written
- Orson Welles
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 185 ratings
- Studio
- Republic Pictures, Mercury Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
