Much Ado About Nothing
5.5
130 minutes
2/5/1967
Overview
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.
Cast List
Maggie Smith
as Beatrice
Robert Stephens
as Benedick
Frank Finlay
as Dogberry
Michael Byrne
as Claudio
Caroline John
as Hero
Derek Jacobi
as Don John
Ronald Pickup
as Don Pedro
Denis DeMarne
as A Lord
Gerald James
as Leonato
Harry Lomax
as Antonio
Wynne Clark
as Ursula
Carolyn Jones
as Margaret
Edward Petherbridge
as Conrade
David Hargreaves
as Borachio
Neil Fitzpatrick
as Batlthasar
Malcolm Reynolds
as The Messenger
Chloe Ashcroft
as Woman of Leonato's Household
Mary Griffiths
as Woman of Leonato's Household
Barry Evans
as Coffee Boy
John McEnery
as A Gentleman
Graham Crowden
as Verges
David Ryall
as The Sexton
Roger Kemp
as First Watchman
Ron Pember
as Second Watchman
David Belcher
as Other Watchman
Michael Gambon
as Other Watchman
John Hallam
as Other Watchman
Paul Curran
as Friar Francis
Christopher Timothy
as Server / Inanimate