Drama /

Score: 74.2%( 268 votes )

Overview: Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.

Cast:

Laurence Olivier
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

Basil Sydney
Claudius - The King

Eileen Herlie
Gertrude - The Queen

Norman Wooland
Horatio - His Friend

Felix Aylmer
Polonius - Lord Chamberlain

Jean Simmons
Ophelia

Terence Morgan
Laertes

Peter Cushing
Osric

Stanley Holloway
Gravedigger

Russell Thorndike
Priest

John Laurie
Francisco

Esmond Knight
Bernardo

Anthony Quayle
Marcellus

Harcourt Williams
First Player

Patrick Troughton
Player King

Tony Tarver
Player Queen

Niall MacGinnis
Sea Captain

Anthony Bushell
Bit Part (uncredited)

Patricia Davidson
Lady of the Court (uncredited)

Doreen Lawrence
Extra (uncredited)

Christopher Lee
Palace Guard (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn
Extra (uncredited)

Victor Lucas
Extra (uncredited)

Patrick Macnee
Extra (uncredited)