Directed by:
Orson WellesCinematography:
John L. RussellComposer:
Jacques IbertCast:
Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Peggy Webber (more)Plots(1)
11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Orson Welles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267527_357cbf.jpg)
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Jeanette Nolan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886385_fe841d.jpg)
Jeanette Nolan
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Big Heat (1953)
![Dan O'Herlihy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507418_bf313c.jpg)
Dan O'Herlihy
Ireland
![Roddy McDowall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268997_f4346e.jpg)
Roddy McDowall
UK
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
![Edgar Barrier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/550/160550071_0621e6.jpg)
Edgar Barrier
USA
Best movies:
Count the Hours (1953)
Irma la Douce (1963)
The Golden Blade (1953)
![Alan Napier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871834_6a4857.jpg)
Alan Napier
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Madame Curie (1943)
![Erskine Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186533_fd346e.jpg)
Erskine Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![John Dierkes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946706_a9f0a7.jpg)
John Dierkes
USA
Best movies:
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Keene Curtis
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie)
![Peggy Webber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/550/160550118_56a14b.jpg)
Peggy Webber
USA
Best movies:
The Wrong Man (1956)
Macbeth (1948)
The Space Children (1958)
![Morgan Farley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/490/160490514_6711a3.jpg)
Morgan Farley
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Julius Caesar (1953)
High Noon (1952)
Charles Lederer
USA
Best movies:
Macbeth (1948)
![Lurene Tuttle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/680/161680826_2bd5a1.jpg)
Lurene Tuttle
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
![Harry Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/346/160346073_c6f780.jpg)
Harry Wilson
UK
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
William Alland
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Macbeth (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Tiny Jones
UK
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Invisible Man (1933)
![Rosamund Greenwoood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360307_cd2694.jpg)
Rosamund Greenwoood
UK
Best movies:
A Night to Remember (1958)
Macbeth (1948)
Curse of the Demon (1957)
![Mark Dignam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/436/161436319_0c01ed.jpg)
Mark Dignam
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Macbeth (1948)
Stanley Lemin
UK
Best movies:
Macbeth (1948)
Treasure Island (1950)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Julian Somers
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Night to Remember (1958)