Film
Becket
1964 · 2h 28m · Drama · History
An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!
- IMDb
- 7.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 75%
- Metacritic
- 68
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Richard Burton
Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole
King Henry II of England
John Gielgud
King Louis VII of France
Gino Cervi
Cardinal Zambelli
Paolo Stoppa
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
Inigo Jackson
Robert de Beaumont
Felix Aylmer
Archbishop of Canterbury
Niall MacGinnis
Baron
Christopher Rhodes
Baron
John Phillips
Bishop of Winchester
Crew
- Peter GlenvilleDirector
- Edward AnhaltScreenplay
- Hal B. WallisProducer
- Joseph H. HazenExecutive Producer
- Geoffrey UnsworthDirector of Photography
- Laurence RosenthalOriginal Music Composer
- Anne V. CoatesEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 11, 1964
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Revenue
- $9,100,000
- Genres
- Drama, History
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