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James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him.
Where to watch
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Cast
15 of 15
James Earl JonesKing Lear
Douglass WatsonKent
Paul SorvinoGloucester
Raúl JuliáEdmund
Rosalind CashGoneril
Lee ChamberlinCordelia
Ellen HollyRegan
René AuberjonoisEdgar
Frederick CoffinOswald
Tom AldredgeFool
George DzundzaGentleman
James HarperFirst Servant to Cornwall
Anthony ChisholmServant to Cornwall
Franklyn SealesServant to Cornwall
Frankie FaisonCaptain
Crew
- Directed by
- Edwin Sherin
- Music by
- Charles Gross
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Facts
February 20, 1974 · 2 h 55 min · Drama, TV Movie
- Released
- February 20, 1974
- Runtime
- 2 h 55 min
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 2 countries
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