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Romeo and Juliet

1955 • 2h20m Comedy, Romance, Drama

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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.

Details

Director

Harold Clayton

Screenplay

Dallas Bower

Cast

Virginia McKenna

Tony Britton

Flora Robson

Release date

5/22/1955

Status

Released

Origin country

US