Movie: Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Top 10 Billed Cast

Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom

Jocasta

John Gielgud
John Gielgud

Tieresias

John Shrapnel
John Shrapnel

Creon

Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings
David Collings

Chorus

Donald Eccles
Donald Eccles

Chorus

Robert Eddison
Robert Eddison

Chorus

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    Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.

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    1986-09-16

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