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Director/scripter Orson Welles plays the title role of the 11th-century monarch in this atmospheric and shadow-filled film translation of Shakespeare's "Scottish play." Haunted by a series of strange prophecies and driven by the urging of ambitious wife Lady Macbeth (Jeanette Nolan), the ill-starred nobleman Macbeth resorts to murder to fulfill his ascension to the throne, only to see his fate take a dark turn. Roddy McDowall, Dan O'Herlihy, Alan Napier also star. Original 1948 cut; 107 min./1950 re-release cut; 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; interviews; 1937 documentary excerpt; featurettes. Two-disc set.