
Rashomon(1950)
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Osceola Archer
Commoner
Harry Davis
Police Officer

Michael Higgins
Preist

Oskar Homolka
Ghoul

Carol Lawrence
Wife
Aida Lioy
Medium

James Mitchell
Husband

Ricardo Montalban
Bandit Tasmoro

Michael Shillo
Woodcutter
Play of the Week: Rashomon is a crime, drama, mystery, tv movie film released in 1960 exploring themes of subjectivity. Directed by Sidney Lumet, it stars Osceola Archer, Harry Davis, Michael Higgins. Several different accounts of the same incident tell quite different stories about what happened.
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