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Movie
Becket
Synopsis
A high-class costume drama with a substantive historical basis, Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Thomas à Becket (Richard Burton), a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. As Becket takes his duties with the Church seriously, he finds himself increasingly at odds with the King, who finally orders the death of his once-close companion when he continues to defy the throne. Burton is very good and O'Toole is even better: both men were nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, while Edward Anhalt's screenplay, based on the stageplay by Jean Anouilh, won for Best Adapted Screenplay. The basic theme of separation of church and state still reverberates today, while the top-notch production values ensure Becket's place as one of Britain's better historical epics.
Cast
- Peter O'Toole
- Richard Burton
- John Gielgud
- Martita Hunt
- Donald Wolfit
- Pamela Brown
- Paolo Stoppa
- Gino Servi
- David Weston
- Siân Phillips
- Inigo Jackson
- Gino Cervi
- Félix Aylmer
- Véronique Vendell
- Gerald Lawson
- Jennifer Hilary
- Riggs O'Hara
- John Phillips
- Frank Pettingell
- Hamilton Dyce
- Linda Marlowe
- Patrick Newell
- Geoffrey Bayldon
- Graham Stark
- Victor Spinetti
- Magda Knopke
- Niall MacGinnis
- Percy Herbert
- Christopher Rhodes
- Peter Jeffrey
- Edward Woodward
- Peter Prowse
- Chris Adcock
- Jean Anouilh
- Robert Cartwright
- Buster Ambler
- Anne V. Coates
- John Cox
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Edward Anhalt
- Maurice Carter
- Alan Maley
- Joseph H. Hazen
- Patrick McLoughlin
- Winston Ryder
- Margaret Furse
- John Bryan