Romeo and Juliet (1954)

NR09/01/1954Drama, Romance2h 21m
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Overview

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Laurence Harvey

    Romeo

  2. Cast 1

    Susan Shentall

    Juliet

  3. Cast 1

    Flora Robson

    Nurse

  4. Cast 1

    Norman Wooland

    Paris

  5. Cast 1

    Mervyn Johns

    Friar Laurence

  6. Cast 1

    John Gielgud

    Chorus

  7. Cast 1

    Bill Travers

    Benvolio

  8. Cast 1

    Sebastian Cabot

    Capulet

  9. Cast 1

    Lydia Sherwood

    Lady Capulet

Even though the colour and the impressive location scenarios work really well here, the rest of it rather falls between two stools. It lacks the intensity of a stage play and the acting talent assembled - Flora Robson and the underused John Gielgud notwithstanding - is really quite underwhelming. You'll recall the story of the feuding Montagues and Capulets that sees true love emerge from centuries of slaughter and mayhem. It's "Romeo" (Laurence Harvey) who falls for "Juliet" (Susan Shentall) and they must keep their burgeoning romance under wraps for fear of all hell breaking loose. That's be...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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