Joe MacBeth
Encyclopedia
Joe MacBeth is a 1955 British
-American
crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes
and starring Paul Douglas
, Ruth Roman
and Bonar Colleano
. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth
, set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows that of Shakespeare's original play.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
-American
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes
Ken Hughes
Ken Hughes was a British film director, writer, and producer.-Personal history:Wife Charlotte Hughes living in LA...
and starring Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas
Paul Howard Douglas was an liberal American politician and University of Chicago economist. A war hero, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from in the 1948 landslide, serving until his defeat in 1966...
, Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman was an American actress. One of her most memorable roles was in the Alfred Hitchcock 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train....
and Bonar Colleano
Bonar Colleano
Bonar Colleano was an American-born British stage and motion-picture performer.-Early life:Colleano was born Bonar Sullivan in New York City. Following childhood experiences with the Ringling Brothers Circus and in his family's famous circus, he entered films in 1944...
. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
, set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows that of Shakespeare's original play.
Cast
- Paul DouglasPaul DouglasPaul Howard Douglas was an liberal American politician and University of Chicago economist. A war hero, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from in the 1948 landslide, serving until his defeat in 1966...
- Joe MacBeth - Ruth RomanRuth RomanRuth Roman was an American actress. One of her most memorable roles was in the Alfred Hitchcock 1951 thriller Strangers on a Train....
- Lily MacBeth - Bonar ColleanoBonar ColleanoBonar Colleano was an American-born British stage and motion-picture performer.-Early life:Colleano was born Bonar Sullivan in New York City. Following childhood experiences with the Ringling Brothers Circus and in his family's famous circus, he entered films in 1944...
- Lennie - Grégoire AslanGrégoire AslanGrégoire Aslan was an Armenian actor.Born Krikor Aslanian in Switzerland or in Constantinople, according to different sources, Aslan made his professional debut at 18 as a vocalist and drummer with a Paris dance band, then launched an acting career under the name of Koko Aslan. His first film...
- Duca, aka 'The Duke' - Sid JamesSid JamesSid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...
- Banky - Harry GreenHarry GreenHenry Harold "Harry" Green was a British long-distance runner. He gained recognition by winning the London Poly in 1911 and setting a world's best in the marathon on 12 May 1913 with a time of 2:38:16.2 in London...
- Big Dutch - Walter Crisham - Angus
- Kay CallardKay CallardKay Callard was a Canadian film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* Stolen Assignment * Reluctant Bride * Find the Lady * West of Suez * The Flying Scot...
- Ruth - Robert ArdenRobert ArdenRobert Arden was an English-born film, television and radio actor who worked and lived mostly in the United States....
- Ross - George Margo - Second Assassin
- Minerva PiousMinerva PiousMinerva Pious was an American radio, television and film actress. She was best-known as the malaprop-prone Pansy Nussbaum in Fred Allen's famous "Allen's Alley" current-events skits....
- Rosie - Philip Vickers - Tommy
- Mark BakerMark BakerMark Baker may refer to:*Mark Baker , British animator*Mark Allen Baker , American author and historian*Mark M...
- Benny - Bill NagyBill NagyBill Nagy is an American football center and guard for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cowboys in the 2011 NFL Draft...
- Marty - Nicholas StuartNicholas StuartNicholas Stuart is a columnist with The Canberra Times and the author of three books about Australian politics.His unauthorised biography of Kevin Rudd has been described by Monash University's Senior Lecturer in Economics Nick Economou as "requisite reading for observers of Australian national...
- Duffy - Teresa Thorne - Ruth
- Shirley DouglasShirley DouglasShirley Jean Douglas, OC is a Canadian television, film and stage actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name has made her recognisable in Canadian film, television and politics.-Personal life:...
- Alfred Mulock - First assassin
- Louise Grant
- Beresford EganBeresford EganBeresford Egan was born in London and raised from the age of five in South Africa. He returned to London in July 1926 after spending two years as a precocious sports cartoonist on the Rand Daily Mail. He quickly established himself in the artistic and literary atmosphere of London. He not only...