“MGM's acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.”
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Marlon Brando
Mark 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
A Soothsayer
Julius Caesar is a drama, history film released in 1953 exploring themes of assassination, based on play or musical, ancient rome, conspiracy, julius caesar, 1st century bc. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, it stars Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud. The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
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