Overview

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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

1875

Name

Merchant of Venice

Genre

Drama

Leads

Pacino,Al

Rating

8

Content Advisory

Edited

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama

Id

469590

Popularity

0.2303

Release Date

1953-07-12

Title

The Merchant of Venice

Vote Average

5.0

Vote Count

2

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Runtime

102 minutes

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