July 4th   
Joe Macbeth*   
(GB 1955)         
Columbia/Film Locations. 90m. bw

Shakespeare's tragedy transposed to the New York crimeworld (though mainly filmed in England), quite efficient and intact in spirit with only occasional compressions of characters, but becoming more melodramatic and shoutingly overplayed by the end.

Written by: Philip Yordan, Ken Hughes.
Producer: M.J. Frankovich.
Director: Ken Hughes.
Starring: Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Bonar Colleano, Sidney James (as Banquo), Gregoire Aslan, Harry Green, Kay Callard, Bill Nagy.
Photography: Basil Emmott.
Music: Trevor Duncan.