– Director: Orson Welles

– Metascore: 94

– Runtime: 119 minutes

Director Orson Wells stars as Sir John Falstaff in this compilation drawn from Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” “Richard II,” “Henry V,” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” The top-notch cast includes Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, and Sir John Gielgud. Many critics consider it to be the best work of Wells, who directed and starred in “Citizen Kane” in 1941.