The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Acting
Heston's Antony: young, hungry, stealing every scene.
Production
Shot in Chicago suburbs with amateur cast, zero budget.
Direction
Bradley's one-man-band: director, star, and probably craft services.
Director
David Bradley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bradley filmed this while still a Northwestern student, using classmates and local actors. Heston was 26 and unknown.
Orson Welles saw rough cuts and mentored Bradley; this micro-budget Caesar directly inspired his own 1955 television version.
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