Joe MacBeth (1955)
- Original title
- Joe Macbeth
- Directed by
- Ken Hughes
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A 1930s gangster rises to power after a prophecy from three criminals. He and his wife commit murder to seize control of a criminal empire.
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What happens
Joe MacBeth is a 1955 British gangster film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Bonar Colleano, Grégoire Aslan and Sid James. It was written by Hughes and Philip Yordan, and 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. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on 18 October 1955. It has been called "the first really stand out movie" of Hughes' career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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