Where to Watch The Merchant of Venice

Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Merchant of Venice' on your TV or mobile device at home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Jack Gold-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

We've listed a number of 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 all the details of how you can watch 'The Merchant of Venice' right now, here are some particulars about the BBC, Time-Life Television Productions drama flick.

Released , 'The Merchant of Venice' stars John Franklyn-Robbins, John Rhys-Davies, Alan David, John Nettles The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 37 min, and received a user score of 70 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 5 respected users.

Curious 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 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." .