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King Lear

PG

1983

158 minutes

DramaTV 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 headshot

Laurence Olivier

King Lear

John Hurt headshot

John Hurt

The Fool

Brian Cox headshot

Brian Cox

Burgundy

Dorothy Tutin headshot

Dorothy Tutin

Goneril

Anna Calder-Marshall headshot

Anna Calder-Marshall

Cordelia

Diana Rigg headshot

Diana Rigg

Regan

Leo McKern headshot

Leo McKern

Gloucester

David Threlfall headshot

David Threlfall

Edgar

Robert Lindsay headshot

Robert Lindsay

Edmund

Colin Blakely headshot

Colin Blakely

Kent

Jeremy Kemp headshot

Jeremy Kemp

Cornwall

Robert Lang headshot

Robert Lang

Albany

Edward Petherbridge headshot

Edward Petherbridge

France

Geoffrey Bateman headshot

Geoffrey Bateman

Oswald

John Cording headshot

John Cording

Lear's Knight

Benny Young headshot

Benny Young

Cornwall's Servant

Esmond Knight headshot

Esmond Knight

Old Man

Ian Ruskin headshot

Ian Ruskin

Edmund's Officer

Paul Curran headshot

Paul Curran

Doctor

Ronald Forfar headshot

Ronald Forfar

First Officer

Harry Walker headshot

Harry Walker

Second Officer