The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
Release: 1980-12-17
·Runtime: 157m
·★ 7.0
Comedy
TV Movie
Romance
Drama
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Time-Life Television Productions
Cast
Susan Jameson
as Nerissa
Enn Reitel
as Launcelot Gobbo
Douglas Wilmer
as The Duke of Venice
Alan David
as Solanio
John Nettles
as Bassanio
Kenneth Cranham
as Gratiano
Gemma Jones
as Portia
Shaun Scott
as Stephano
John Franklyn-Robbins
as Antonio
John Rhys-Davies
as Salerio
Richard Morant
as Lorenzo
Warren Mitchell
as Shylock
Joe Gladwin
as Old Gobbo
Arnold Diamond
as Tubal
