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Cast

Marlon Brando
as Marc Antony

James Mason
as Brutus

John Gielgud
as Cassius

Louis Calhern
as Julius Caesar

Edmond O'Brien
as Casca

Greer Garson
as Calpurnia

Deborah Kerr
as Portia

George Macready
as Marullus

Michael Pate
as Flavius

Richard Hale
as Soothsayer

Alan Napier
as Cicero

John Parrish
as Titinius

William Cottrell
as Cinna

John Hardy
as Lucius

John Hoyt
as Decius Brutus

Tom Powers
as Metellus Cimber

Jack Raine
as Trebonius

Ian Wolfe
as Ligarius

Lumsden Hare
as Publius

Morgan Farley
as Artemidorus

Victor Perry
as Popilius Lena

Douglass Watson
as Octavius Caesar

Douglass Dumbrille
as Lepidus

Rhys Williams
as Lucilius

Michael Ansara
as Pindarus

Dayton Lummis
as Messala

John Lupton
as Varro

Preston Hanson
as Claudius

Joseph Waring
as Clitus

Steve Roberts
as Dardanius

O.Z. Whitehead
as Cinna the Poet

Thomas Browne Henry
as Volumnius

Edmund Purdom
as Strato

John Doucette
as Carpenter

Chet Stratton
as Servant to Caesar

Michael Tolan
as Officer to Octavius

William Phipps
as Servant to Antony

Paul Guilfoyle
as Citizen of Rome

Lawrence Dobkin
as Citizen of Rome

David Bond
as Citizen of Rome

Jo Gilbert
as Citizen of Rome

Ann Tyrrell
as Citizen of Rome

John O'Malley
as Citizen of Rome

Oliver Blake
as Citizen of Rome

Alvin Hurwitz
as Citizen of Rome

Donald Elson
as Citizen of Rome

Ned Glass
as Cobbler

Stephen Roberts
as Dardanius

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Critic Reviews for Julius Caesar

Audience Reviews for Julius Caesar

• Oct 14, 2017

  In this movie, you have the world's greatest playwright (Shakespeare) combined with one of the world's greatest actors (Brando), two other fantastic talents (Mason and Gielgud), and a compelling historical tale (the assassination of Julius Caesar and resulting civil war). On paper, this should be an extraordinary film. And I have to say, the scenes with Brando right after the assassination are compelling (the one in private ending with him raging "Cry 'Havoc!'", and of course the address to the crowd), even if he slips on a word or two. Watch it primarily for those, because the rest of the film, while erudite and worth watching, just doesn't translate as well. I disliked Louis Calhern as Caesar as he didn't have the right bearing or presence. Director Mankiewicz is faithful, perhaps too faithful, to the original, though adapting the play may have been a damned if you do, damned if you don't type situation. Regardless, there are elements that shine with Shakespeare's beautiful words, and there are other elements that fall flat.
  Antonius B Super Reviewer
• Nov 15, 2013

  This adaptation of Shakespeare is, like the play, more interested in the post Caesar world than the title character. Brando gives us the most realistic Antony speech that I have ever seen. Mason and Gielgud are tremendous as the villains.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• May 18, 2013

  The best treatment of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, by far. Hats off to Ms. Kerr for her riveting portrayal. John's Gielgud's "Et Tu Brute?!" was the finest of the many versions out there.
  Christian C Super Reviewer
• Nov 23, 2011

  Although the title is Julius Caesar, the play and the film are more concerned with Brutus and his interplay with Cassius and Antony. As Brutus, James Mason displays the brooding intelligence of a man clearly swimming in political waters far deeper than he is qualified for, either by training or temperament. Likewise Gielgud, as Cassius, is appropriately manipulative. Cassius has his own agenda and is happy to use Brutus to reach that end. In a similar manner, Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz has filled the other roles with excellent actors who are uniformly comfortable with Shakespeare's language to the point that they can use it as a means of investing their characters with a reality that is both honest and entertaining. As Marc Antony, Marlon Brando makes the most of his few but crucial appearances, including a stunningly intense delivery of the "I've come to bury Caesar" sequence at the turning point. Brando was an actor of immense talent and is not only comfortable with the language but more than holds his own with the classically trained actors in the cast who have far more experience with the Bard. Brando's timing and dramatic sense are impeccable. What's more, Brando infuses Antony with a pugnacious air that seems completely appropriate to Antony both dramatically and historically. Antony's speech alone, as played by Brando, is worth the price of admission. But most of this play belongs to the tortured, noble figure of Brutus. James Mason's fluid voice and minimalist acting style perfectly convey the humanity-and the tragedy of humanity-represented by this figure. His interplay with Gielgud throughout the play, starting with Cassius's cunning manipulation of Brutus into the conspiracy to kill Caesar and concluding with their reconciliation as Cassius faces death, is an acting school led by veterans of both stage and celluloid. In the in the end it is Cassius who is most changed by Brutus and that because of this relationship he dies a better man than the schemer we met earlier. Indeed, if you are looking for acting at its finest you need look no further than the Mason - Brando speeches in the Forum.
  Cinema F Super Reviewer

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