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Hamlet

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Calorie Rating: 218
Released: 1948-12-10
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 155 Minutes
Budget: 750000
Studios: Two Cities Films,


Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

Director / Directors

Peter Bolton
Assistant Director


Cast

Laurence Olivier
Character: Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
Basil Sydney
Character: Claudius - The King
Eileen Herlie
Character: Gertrude - The Queen

Norman Wooland
Character: Horatio - His Friend
Felix Aylmer
Character: Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
Jean Simmons
Character: Ophelia

Terence Morgan
Character: Laertes
Peter Cushing
Character: Osric
Stanley Holloway
Character: Gravedigger

Russell Thorndike
Character: Priest
John Laurie
Character: Francisco
Esmond Knight
Character: Bernardo

Anthony Quayle
Character: Marcellus
Harcourt Williams
Character: First Player
Patrick Troughton
Character: Player King

Tony Tarver
Character: Player Queen
Niall MacGinnis
Character: Sea Captain
Anthony Bushell
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)

Patricia Davidson
Character: Lady of the Court (uncredited)
Doreen Lawrence
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Christopher Lee
Character: Palace Guard (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Victor Lucas
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee
Character: Extra (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Reginald Beck
Associate Producer
Anthony Bushell
Producer's Assistant

Herbert Smith
Executive In Charge Of Production

Roger K. Furse
Costume Design
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
L.E. Overton
Sound Recordist

Ken Rawkins
Sound Recordist
Michael Morris
Makeup Artist
Basil Newall
Makeup Artist

Harry Miller
Sound Editor
Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography

Elizabeth Hennings
Costume Design
Ernest Westo
Makeup Artist

John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Desmond Dew
Sound Recordist
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist

Barbara Gillett
Wardrobe Master
William Walton
Original Music Composer
Vivienne Walker
Hairstylist