Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth commits a treasonous act and takes the throne for himself.

• Republic Pictures
• Mercury Productions
• Orson Welles
• Jeanette Nolan
• Dan O'Herlihy
• Roddy McDowall
• Edgar Barrier
• Alan Napier
• Erskine Sanford
• John Dierkes