Joe MacBeth
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| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
| Screenplay by | Ken Hughes Philip Yordan |
| Based on | Macbeth 1606 play by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | M.J. Frankovich George Maynard (executive producer) |
| Starring | Paul Douglas Ruth Roman Bonar Colleano |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Edited by | Peter Rolfe Johnson |
| Music by | Trevor Duncan |
Production company | Film Locations |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Joe MacBeth is a 1955 British–American crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes and starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman and Bonar Colleano. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows that of Shakespeare's original play. It has been called "the first really stand out movie" of Hughes' career.
A similar adaptation, Men of Respect, was released in 1990, starring John Turturro, Rod Steiger and Dennis Farina.