Movie
Julius Caesar
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1953-06-04
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Marlon Brando as Mark Antony
- James Mason as Brutus
- John Gielgud as Cassius
- Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar
- Edmond O'Brien as Casca
- Greer Garson as Calpurnia
- Deborah Kerr as Portia
- George Macready as Marullus
- Michael Pate as Flavius
- Richard Hale as A Soothsayer
- Alan Napier as Cicero
- John Hoyt as Decius Brutus
Crew
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Screenplay
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