The Best Based-on-Shakespeare Movies of the 1950s

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Throne of Blood

1957    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Shakespeare

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Forbidden Planet

1956    Fred M. Wilcox    Rated G

Action    Adventure    Based-on-Shakespeare

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Julius Caesar

1953    Joseph L. Mankiewicz    Not Rated

Based-on-Shakespeare    Epic    Historical Epic

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Othello

1952    Orson Welles    Rated PG

Based-on-Shakespeare    Based-on-Theatre    Drama

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Richard III

1955    Laurence Olivier    Not Rated

Based-on-Shakespeare    Based-on-Theatre    Drama

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Kiss Me Kate

1953    George Sidney    Not Rated

Based-on-Shakespeare    Comedy    Musical

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Romeo and Juliet

1954    Renato Castellani    Not Rated

Based-on-Shakespeare    Drama    Period Film

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