Julius Caesar (1953)

Written by William Shakespeare

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Running Time: 125 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1953

Rating: U Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Ancient Rome is the setting for this tale of murder and intrigue immortalised by William Shakespeare. Fearing his ambition will lead to tyranny, Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar. The people of Rome side with them until Antony, Caesar's trusted friend, rouses them and the conspirators are driven from Rome. Two armies square up to each other, one side following the conspirators and the other, Antony.

Handsome and virile, Marlon Brando was America's most exciting young actor when he played Marc Antony in this impressive adaptation of the Bard's classic stage play which some consider to be one of the best Hollywood treatments of a work by Shakespeare. Paul Scofield was originally lined up for the part of Antony, but it went to Brando after a storming screen test.

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Cast

	Marlon Brando		Marc Antony
	James Mason		Brutus
	John Gielgud		Cassius
	Louis Calhern		Julius Caesar
	Edmond O'Brien		Casca
	Greer Garson		Calpurnia
	Deborah Kerr		Portia
	George Macready		Marullus
	Michael Pate		Flavius
	Richard Hale		Soothsayer
	Alan Napier		Cicero
	John Hoyt		Decius Brutus
	Tom Powers		Metellus Cimber
	William Cottrell		Cinna
	Jack Raine		Trebonius