---
title: 'Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dudley Nichols'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 159
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mourning-becomes-electra-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039636/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

1947 · 159 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Mourning Becomes Electra is a 1947 American drama film by Dudley Nichols adapted from the 1931 Eugene O'Neill play Mourning Becomes Electra, based in turn on the Oresteia. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols)
- **Screenplay:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols), [Eugene O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-o-neill)
- **Producer:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hageman](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hageman)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barnes)
- **Editor:** [Roland Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-gross)

## Cast

- [Henry Hull](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-hull)
- [Tito Vuolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tito-vuolo)
- [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave)
- [Blossom Rock](https://cinepixo.com/people/blossom-rock)
- [Robert Dudley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dudley)
- [Sara Allgood](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-allgood)
- [Nancy Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-coleman)
- [Elisabeth Risdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-risdon)
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [Kirk Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-douglas)
- [Leo Genn](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-genn)
- [Rosalind Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalind-russell)
- [Nora Cecil](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-cecil)
- [Katina Paxinou](https://cinepixo.com/people/katina-paxinou)
- [Walter Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-baldwin)

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