Macbeth
1948
Drama
Overview
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.
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
Directors
Orson Welles