
King Lear
Drama · TV Movie
Overview
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Top Cast


Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
King Lear
Laurence Olivier
King Lear


John Hurt
John Hurt
The Fool
John Hurt
The Fool


Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Burgundy
Brian Cox
Burgundy


Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin
Goneril
Dorothy Tutin
Goneril


Anna Calder-Marshall
Anna Calder-Marshall
Cordelia
Anna Calder-Marshall
Cordelia


Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg
Regan
Diana Rigg
Regan


Leo McKern
Leo McKern
Gloucester
Leo McKern
Gloucester


David Threlfall
David Threlfall
Edgar
David Threlfall
Edgar


Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay
Edmund
Robert Lindsay
Edmund


Colin Blakely
Colin Blakely
Kent
Colin Blakely
Kent
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