Romeo and Juliet

IMDb 0.0 1955 β€’ 140 min β€’ ComedyRomanceDrama

Director

Harold Clayton

Country

Plot Summary

Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. 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 Cast

Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna Juliet Capulet
Tony Britton
Tony Britton Romeo Montague
Flora Robson
Flora Robson Nurse
Laurence Payne
Laurence Payne Mercutio
Richard Wordsworth
Richard Wordsworth Tybalt