‘Julius Caesar’: Assassins of the Mind

Shakespeare’s play in this film, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, highlights the power and perils of rhetoric in influencing the mob.

Mark Antony (Marlon Brando) uses his oratory skills to influence the mob, in "Julius Caesar." Metro-Goldwyn-Wayer

NR | 2h | Drama | 1953

Coming just three years after a 1950 film by director David Bradley, the screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal play, “Julius Caesar,” by director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, is considered the more intense effort.