Becket
An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!
7.2(201) 1964-03-11 148 minDramaHistory
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.
DirectorPeter Glenville
ProducerHal B. Wallis
Original Music ComposerLaurence Rosenthal
ScreenplayEdward Anhalt
Cast & characters
Richard Burton
as Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole
as King Henry II of England
John Gielgud
as King Louis VII of France
Gino Cervi
as Cardinal Zambelli
Paolo Stoppa
as Pope Alexander III
Donald Wolfit
as Bishop Folliot
David Weston
as Brother John
Martita Hunt
as Empress Matilda
Pamela Brown
as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Percy Herbert
as Baron
Siân Phillips
as Gwendolen
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Inigo Jackson
as Robert de Beaumont
Felix Aylmer
as Archbishop of Canterbury
Niall MacGinnis
as Baron
Christopher Rhodes
as Baron
John Phillips
as Bishop of Winchester
Frank Pettingell
as Bishop of York
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Véronique Vendell
as French Prostitute
Jennifer Hilary
as Peasant's Daughter
David Davenport
as —
Hamilton Dyce
as Bishop of Chichester
Peter Jeffrey
as Baron
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Michael Miller
as Baron
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Peter Prowse
as Baron
