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Hamlet

1948, Movie, NR, 153 mins

Hamlet: Cast & Details

Year: 1948
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.K.
Running Time: 153
Format: Black & White
Genre(s): Drama
Production Co(s).: Two Cities
Released By: Universal

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Picture
Academy Award Winner: Best Actor - Laurence Olivier
Academy Award Winner: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (B/W)
Academy Award Winner: Best Costume Design (B/W) - Roger K. Furse
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actress - Jean Simmons
Academy Award Nominee: Best Director - Laurence Olivier
Academy Award Nominee: Best Score (Drama or Comedy) - William Walton

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Cast
Laurence Olivier: Hamlet
Eileen Herlie: Queen Gertrude
Basil Sydney: King Claudius
Jean Simmons: Ophelia
Norman Wooland: Horatio
Felix Aylmer: Polonius
Terence Morgan: Laertes
Peter Cushing: Osric
Stanley Holloway: Gravedigger
John Laurie: Francisco
Esmond Knight: Bernardo
Anthony Quayle: Marcellus
Niall MacGinnis: Captain
Harcourt Williams: Player
Russell Thorndike: Priest
Patrick Troughton: Player King
Tony Tarver: Player Queen
John Gielgud: Voice of Ghost
Anthony Bushell
Christopher Lee

Credits
Laurence Olivier: Director
Alan Dent: Writer - based on the play by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare: Source
Laurence Olivier: Producer
Filippo Del Giudice: Exec. Producer
Reginald Beck: Assoc. Producer
Anthony Bushell: Assoc. Producer - assistant producer
Desmond Dickinson: Cinematographer
Helga Cranston: Editor
William Walton: Musical Composer
Roger Furse: Production Designer
Carmen Dillon: Art Director
Roger Ramsdell: Set Decorator
Elizabeth Hennings: Costumes
Henry Harris: Special Effects
Paul Sheriff: Special Effects
Jack Whitehead: Special Effects
John Hollingsworth: Music Director
Muir Mathieson: Music Director
John W. Mitchell: Sound
L.E. Overton: Sound
Tony Sforzini: Make Up