Stars: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, Peggy Webber, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Robert Coote, William Alland, Lionel Braham, George 'Shorty' Chirello, Brainerd Duffield, Jerry Farber, Morgan Farley, Archie Heugly, Charles Lederer, Gus Schilling, Lurene Tuttle, Christopher Welles

Director: Orson Welles

Summary: The fully restored version of Orson Welles' adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Studio actually released a dubbed version and cut the film by twenty minutes.

A dark, moody screen version of the classic tragedy about a presumptuous Scottish prince's quest for power through patricide--in keeping with both the play's spirit and Welles' vision. As with his other masterpieces, Welles effectively mixes the use of shadow and oblique camera angles to achieve the ominous sense of a land in peril. Originally cut to 89 minutes for theatrical release, the film has been restored to its full 105 minutes, with dialogue redubbed by Welles and the other actors to cut down on the Scottish accents. Nominated for an award in the 1948 Venice Film Festival.

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Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Featurette - 1. Orson Welles' R E T U R N T O G L E N N A S C A U L
Year:	1948
Release Date:	August 25, 2003
Runtime:	103 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	2 N D V D 3004
Keywords:	Classic, Book, Version, General, Macbeth, Restored, Drama, Orson, Based, Welles'
Genre:	Drama