Oedipus the King (1968)
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
Top billed cast
Christopher PlummerOedipus
Lilli PalmerJocasta
Richard JohnsonCreon
Orson WellesTiresias
Cyril CusackMessenger
Roger LiveseyShepherd
Donald SutherlandChorus Leader
Friedrich von LedeburKing Laius
Dimos StareniosPriest- Alexis MannPalace Official
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