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Director:
Stuart Burge
Writers:
Robert Furnival (adaptation)
William Shakespeare (play)
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Genre:
Drama | History more
Tagline:
No grander Caesar... No greater cast!
Plot:
All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
What a dud! more

Cast

  (in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification)

Charlton Heston ... Marc Antony

Jason Robards ... Brutus

John Gielgud ... Julius Caesar
Richard Johnson ... Cassius

Robert Vaughn ... Casca

Richard Chamberlain ... Octavius Caesar
Diana Rigg ... Portia

Christopher Lee ... Artemidorus
Jill Bennett ... Calpurnia
Derek Godfrey ... Decius Brutus
David Dodimead ... Lepidus
Michael Gough ... Metellus Cimber
David Neal ... Cinna the Conspirator
Preston Lockwood ... Trebonius
John Moffatt ... Popilius Lena
Steven Pacey ... Lucius
Edwin Finn ... Publius
Peter Eyre ... Cinna the Poet
Norman Bowler ... Titinius
Paul Hardwick ... Messala
John Tate ... Clitus
Damien Thomas ... Pindarus
Robert Keegan ... Lucilius
Ewan Hooper ... Strato
Andrew Crawford ... Volumnius
Thomas Heathcote ... Flavius
André Morell ... Cicero
Alan Browning ... Marullus
Laurence Harrington ... Carpenter
Ron Pember ... Cobbler
Derek Hardwick ... 3rd Plebian
Michael Keating ... 2nd Plebian
David Leland ... 5th Plebian
Yvette Rees ... 4th Plebian
Michael Wynne ... 5th Plebian
Trevor Adams ... Caesar's Servant
Ronald Magill ... Ceasar Servant
Linbert Spencer ... Caesar's Servant
Robin Chadwick ... Servant to Octavius
Barbara Lindley ... Slave
Roy Stewart ... Lepidus's Slave
Alba ... The Soothsayer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Christopher Cazenove ... Servant to Anthony (uncredited)
Liz Gebhardt ... Calpurnia's Maid (uncredited)
Stephanie Harrison ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
Ken Hutchison ... Plebian (uncredited)
Janet Pearce ... Handmaiden (uncredited)
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Directed by
Stuart Burge 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Robert Furnival  adaptation
William Shakespeare  play

Produced by
Peter Snell .... producer
James Swann .... associate producer
Anthony B. Unger .... executive producer
Henry T. Weinstein .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Michael J. Lewis 
 
Cinematography by
Kenneth Higgins  (as Ken Higgins)
 
Film Editing by
Eric Boyd-Perkins 
 
Production Design by
Julia Trevelyan Oman 
 
Art Direction by
Maurice Pelling 
 
Costume Design by
Robin Archer 
 
Makeup Department
Anne Forsythe .... hair stylist
Cliff Sharpe .... makeup artist
Christopher Tucker .... makeup artist
Nick Maley .... makeup assistant (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Denis Johnson Jr. .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Canutt .... second unit director
Christopher Dryhurst .... first assistant director
 
Sound Department
Paddy Cunningham .... sound
Vernon Messenger .... dubbing editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Roy Ford .... camera operator
Frank Kingston .... cinematographer: second unit
Kenneth J. Withers .... camera operator (as Ken Withers)
Keith Blake .... clapper loader (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Gillett .... wardrobe supervisor
 
Music Department
Lawrence Ashmore .... orchestrator
Michael J. Lewis .... conductor
 
Other crew
Christopher Dryhurst .... first assistant manager
Bob Gill .... title designer
Phyllis Townshend .... continuity (as Phyllis Townsend)
Maurice Landsberger .... production accountant (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
117 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | USA:G | UK:U (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating)

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Max Adrian was cast in a featured role but dropped out before filming. more
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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
What a dud!, 11 October 1999
Author: peacham from Wilkes-Barre



This has got to be one of the worst adaptations of a Shakespeare play ever made. Heston swaggers and bellows as Antony, Robards is out of place in shakespeare, and the usually exceptional Richard Johnson is woefully miscast as Cassius. Only Gielgud and Rigg in their brief appearances bring this film to life. the original film was much better . Gielgud was a great Cassius and Mason a wonderfully tragic Brutus. Both films however lack a strong Antony. For those who do not know the original play this version may be passable but to those who do its just pure drivel.

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