Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

167 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Dec. 3, 1978

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.

Romeo & Juliet

167 mins | Drama, Romance, TV Movie | Dec. 3, 1978

Romeo & Juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers BBC, Time-Life Television Productions
Original title Romeo & Juliet
Directors Alvin Rakoff
Writers Alan Shallcross, William Shakespeare

Cast

John Gielgud

as Chorus

Alan Rickman

as Tybalt

Patrick Ryecart

as Romeo

Rebecca Saire

as Juliet

Celia Johnson

as Nurse

Michael Hordern

as Capulet

Joseph O'Conor

as Friar Laurence

Laurence Naismith

as Prince Escalus

Anthony Andrews

as Mercutio

Jacqueline Hill

as Lady Capulet

Christopher Strauli

as Benvolio

Roger Davidson

as Balthasar

John Paul

as Montague

Zulema Dene

as Lady Montague

Esmond Knight

as Old Capulet

David Sibley

as Sampson

Bunny Reed

as Abraham

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Apothecary

John Savident

as Friar John

Danny Schiller

as Musician

Jeremy Young

as 1st Watch

Jeffrey Chiswick

as 2nd Watch

Gary Taylor

as Potpan

Mark Arden

as Page

Robert Burbage

as Page

Alan Bowerman

as 1st Citizen

Paul Henry

as Peter

Jack Carr

as Gregory