Joe Macbeth (1955)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 18, 1955Release Date
Joe Macbeth (1955)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 18, 1955Release Date
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Plot.
A gangster's wife drives him to kill as she pushes him to the top.
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Joe MacBeth is a 1955 British–American crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes and starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman and Bonar Colleano. It 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. It has been called "the first really stand out movie" of Hughes' career.A similar adaptation, Men of Respect, was released in 1990, starring John Turturro, Rod Steiger and Dennis Farina.