Julius Caesar (1950)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

David Bradley

Writers:

David Bradley (writer)
William Shakespeare (play)

Release Date:

March 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | Ancient Rome | Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Harold Tasker	...	Julius Caesar
Charlton Heston	...	Antony
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Bradley	...	Brutus
Theodore Cloak	...	Emil Lepidus
Mary Sefton Darr	...	Portia
Homer Dietmeier	...	Artemidorus
Alfred Edyvean	...	Flavius
George Gilbert	...	Strato
Grosvenor Glenn	...	Cassius
Russell Gruebner	...	Cinna-the poet
Walter Hardy	...	Cimber
George Hinners	...	Lucius
Bob Holt	...	Octavius Caesar
Sam Needham	...	Pindarus
John O'Leary	...	Marullus
Cornelius Peeples	...	Popilius
Frederick Roscoe	...	Decius
Helen Ross	...	Calpurnia
Arthur Sus	...	Cinna
Don Walker	...	Soothsayer

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Avon Productions (II)

Trivia:

Musical director Grant Fletcher hired Chuck Zornig 72 hours before the recording date, handing him a two-bar harmonic sketch by 'John Becker (II') and a shot list to work from. From this, Zornig produced a 32-page score, still copying parts for musicians as they arrived to record the score. Becker approached Zornig and asked him how he could read his two-bar sketch. Zornig replied, "When I couldn't I just chose the most dissonant sounds," causing Becker to roar with laughter.

Movie Connections:

Version of Julius Caesar (1908)

Jeffrey Hunter's Screen Debut

The 24 year old Jeffrey Hunter made his screen debut in this film adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'. Despite the fact that Charlton Heston is in it, I don't think that there is much that you can bring to the story on the screen. I think focusing on Cleopatra and her relationship with both Caesar and Mark Antony is far more interesting.