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King Lear

Edwin Sherin

1974 • 2h 55m

James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who...

King Lear

Cast

James Earl Jones

James Earl JonesKing Lear

Douglass WatsonKent

Paul Sorvino

Paul SorvinoGloucester

Raúl Juliá

Raúl JuliáEdmund

Rosalind Cash

Rosalind CashGoneril

Lee Chamberlin

Lee ChamberlinCordelia

Ellen Holly

Ellen HollyRegan

Robert StattelAlbany

Robert LanchesterCornwall

Lou QuinonesBurgundy

Jean-Pierre StewartFrance

René Auberjonois

René AuberjonoisEdgar

Frederick Coffin

Frederick CoffinOswald

Tom Aldredge

Tom AldredgeFool

George Dzundza

George DzundzaGentleman

Crew

Edwin Sherin

Edwin SherinDirector

Charles Gross

Charles GrossMusic

Santo Loquasto

Santo LoquastoProduction Design

Theoni V. Aldredge

Theoni V. AldredgeCostume Design

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