Where to Watch The Merchant of Venice

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Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Merchant of Venice' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Merchant of Venice' right now, here are some finer points about the BBC, Time-Life Television Productions drama flick.

Released , 'The Merchant of Venice' stars John Nettles The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 37 min, and received a score of 70 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 5 respected s.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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 to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him."

'The Merchant of Venice' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, Britbox Apple TV Channel , and Kanopy .