This remake of the superior 1935 version is uneven, but it was not the financial disaster (it grossed $13 million), and it's not a bad movie either.
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Julius Caesar (1953): Mankiewicz’ Version of Shakespeare, Starring Marlon Brando, John Gielgud, James Mason
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Surprisingly, Shakespeare's noted play, “Julius Caesar,” gets an intelligent, well-acted, quite fluent rendition in this MGM film, produced by the estimable John Houseman and directed and adapted by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, then riding high on account of his Oscars for "A Letter to Three Wives" and "All About Eve."
