Oedipus the King
IMDb ID: tt0087833 · Year: 1986 · Rating: 7.4 (137 votes)
Genres: Drama
Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.
Stars
Michael Pennington
Claire Bloom
John Gielgud
John Shrapnel
Michael Byrne
Cyril Cusack
Ernest Clark
David Collings
Donald Eccles
Robert Eddison
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Michael Pennington | Character: Oedipus Rex
Actor: Claire Bloom | Character: Jocasta
Actor: John Gielgud | Character: Teiresias
Actor: John Shrapnel | Character: Creon
Actor: Michael Byrne | Character: Chorus
Actor: Cyril Cusack | Character: Priest
Actor: Ernest Clark | Character: Chorus
Actor: David Collings | Character: Chorus
Actor: Donald Eccles | Character: Chorus
Actor: Robert Eddison | Character: Chorus
Actor: Edward Hardwicke | Character: Chorus
Actor: Denys Hawthorne | Character: Chorus
Actor: Noel Johnson | Character: Chorus
Actor: Clifford Rose | Character: Chorus
Actor: Alan Rowe | Character: Chorus
Actor: Nigel Stock | Character: Chorus
Actor: John Woodnutt | Character: Chorus
Actor: Norman Rodway | Character: Corinthian Messenger
Actor: David Waller | Character: Shepherd
Actor: Gerard Murphy | Character: Messenger
Actor: Cassie Shilling | Character: Antigone
Actor: Kelly Huntley | Character: Ismene
Actor: Lincoln Saunders | Character: Teiresias' Boy
Actor: Gabrielle Blunt | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Imogen Claire | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Edwina Day | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Judy Liebert | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Mary Lincoln | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Mary Llewellin | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Heather Ramsey | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Catherine Shipton | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Timothy Block | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Alan Collins | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Stanley Dawson | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Michael Eaves | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Gordon Faith | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Bill Gavin | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Czeslaw Grocholski | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Hugh Hayes | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Eric Longworth | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Stuart Saunders | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Richard Tate | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Philip Wright | Character: Theban Citizen
Actor: Tamsin Alker | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Emma Cooke | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Dean Gunter | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Tom Hammond | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Lucy Hammond | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Erica Rossi | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Nicola Sideris | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Nicola Whitehead | Character: Theban Child
Actor: Andy Thompson | Character: Theban Citizen
[Directors Group]
Name: Don Taylor | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Sophocles | Role: Writer
Name: Don Taylor | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Louis Marks | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Derek Bourgeois | Role: Composer
[Editing Group]
Name: David Hambelton | Role: Editor
[Production Design Group]
Name: David Myerscough-Jones | Role: Production Designer
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Laura June Hudson | Role: Costume Designer
[Additional Crew]
Name: Geoffrey Lewis | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087833/videogallery/
Release Schedule
United Kingdom: September 16, 1986
Awards
No awards or nominations listed on IMDb.
Box Office
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