An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!
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.
$9,100,000
March 11, 1964
Paramount Pictures, Keep Films
62 people
Richard Burton
Thomas Becket
Acting
Peter O'Toole
King Henry II of England
Acting
John Gielgud
King Louis VII of France
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Gino Cervi
Cardinal Zambelli
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Paolo Stoppa
Pope Alexander III
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Donald Wolfit
Bishop Folliot
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David Weston
Brother John
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Martita Hunt
Empress Matilda
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Pamela Brown
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Percy Herbert
Baron
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Siân Phillips
Gwendolen
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Inigo Jackson
Robert de Beaumont
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