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The Merchant of Venice

7.0 157 mins Comedy   TV Movie   Romance   Drama   1980
BBC   Time-Life Television Productions  
Director(s): Jack Gold

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.

Casts of The Merchant of Venice

John Rhys-Davies

as Salerio

Alan David

as Solanio

John Nettles

as Bassanio

Richard Morant

as Lorenzo

Kenneth Cranham

as Gratiano

Gemma Jones

as Portia

Susan Jameson

as Nerissa

Daniel Mitchell

as Balthasar

Warren Mitchell

as Shylock

Marc Zuber

as The Prince of Morocco

Enn Reitel

as Launcelot Gobbo

Joe Gladwin

as Old Gobbo

Roger Martin

as Leonardo

Leslee Udwin

as Jessica

Peter Gale

as The Prince of Arragon

Richard Austin

as Antonio's Servant

Arnold Diamond

as Tubal

Douglas Wilmer

as The Duke of Venice

Shaun Scott

as Stephano

Adrian Harman

as Musician

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