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Joe Macbeth Reviews

1955 Certificate TBC
  • 40
  • from 4 members

Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife are Joe's murder victims. Read more

Starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Bonar Colleano, Gregoire Aslan
Director Ken Hughes
Genres Drama

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    • Almost too bad to be funny, this effort to update Shakespeare has actors behaving as though they were stuck in treacle, and its gimmick quality is quickly dissipated by an indifferent production.

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