
Oedipus Rex
1957 • 87 minutes
Drama
The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.

Douglas Campbell
Oedipus
Eleanor Stuart
Jocasta
Robert Goodier
Creon
Donald Davis
Tiresias

Douglas Rain
Messenger

William Hutt
Chorus Leader
Tony Van Bridge
Man From Corinth
Eric House
Shepherd / Old Priest

Robert Christie
Chorus

Ted Follows
Chorus
David Gardner
Chorus

Bruno Gerussi
Chorus
Richard Howard
Chorus

Roland Hewgill
Chorus

William Shatner
Chorus
Edward Holmes
Chorus

Louis Negin
Chorus
Neil Vipond
Chorus
Barbara Franklin
Antigone
Naomi Cameron
Ismene