Becket
Release date: 03/11/1964
Revenue: $9,100,000
Genres:
Drama, History
Countries:
United Kingdom
United States of America
Rating:
7.2
An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.
Trailer
Actors
Richard Burton
Becket / Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole
his King / King Henry II
John Gielgud
King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France
Gino Cervi
the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli
Paolo Stoppa
the Pope / Pope Alexander III
Donald Wolfit
Bishop Folliot
David Weston
Brother John
Martita Hunt
Empress Matilda
Pamela Brown
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Percy Herbert
Baron
Siân Phillips
Gwendolen
Felix Aylmer
Archbishop of Canterbury
Niall MacGinnis
Baron
Christopher Rhodes
Baron
John Phillips
Bishop of Winchester
Frank Pettingell
Bishop of York
Véronique Vendell
French Prostitute
Jennifer Hilary
Peasant's Daughter
Hamilton Dyce
Bishop of Chichester
Peter Jeffrey
Baron
Geoffrey Bayldon
Brother Philip (uncredited)
Roy Beck
Young French Boy (uncredited)
Dave Clark
Soldier (uncredited)
Guy Deghy
Man (uncredited)
Paul Farrell
Farmer (uncredited)
Magda Konopka
Girl on Balcony (uncredited)
Wilfrid Lawson
Old Soldier (uncredited)
Tutte Lemkow
French Courtier (uncredited)
Linda Marlowe
Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
Boy (uncredited)
Patrick Newell
William of Corbeil (uncredited)
Frederick Piper
Monk (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Steve Plytas
Cardinal (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Alexander III (voice) (uncredited)
Alex Scott
Priest (uncredited)
Victor Spinetti
French Tailor (uncredited)
Graham Stark
Pope's Secretary (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
Royston Tickner
Royal Servant (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Edward Woodward
Clement (uncredited)
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