Dan O'Herlihy, Edgar Barrier, Jeanette Nolan

Shakespeare's tragic tale of the rise and fall of ambitious 12th-century Scottish warrior MacBeth.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Orson Welles

Release Date: January 1, 1948

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  • June 17, 2009
    Hor-rors. This may be the worst version I've ever seen. To reiterate, this is my favorite of Shakespeare's plays, so I'm most critical when I watch a production. Worse still for Orson Welles, I was just iPoding the Arkangel recording while I was walking the Great Wall in China...( read more) last week, so the play's all the more fresh in my mind.

    It's as if Welles thinks he's always doing Citizen Kane -- don't get me started. You don't have to emote, okay, you have to deliver. The words carry enough drama all by themselves, all right? Yet one more reason why Welles will never make either my favorite actor or my favorite director lists.

  • February 20, 2009
    I have never seen this version will have to do that!
  • February 16, 2009
    Es muy regular por lo teatral que es es mas una obra de teatro en la pantalla grande que cualquier otra cosa
  • January 25, 2009
    this looks gay haha(:
  • January 23, 2009
    Seen it in school for English class BORING
  • December 23, 2008
    I want to see this so badly.
  • August 31, 2008
    Too many alterations with the original text, but better than the 1971 Polanski crap.
  • March 11, 2008
    Nice sets and mood. One of the best performances I've seen Wells give.
  • January 20, 2008
    It absolutely wonderful, but read Shakespeare first...that will make it much more enjoyable. Orson Wells did a great job.

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