Becket (1964)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 28 mins | Drama, Historical, Adaptation | Released: 3/9/1964

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Synopsis:

Henry II leans on his boisterous Saxon friend Thomas Becket, but when the latter is made first chancellor and then archbishop a rift between them widens and ends in Becket's assassination by Henry's overly zealous knights.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/9/1964

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Peter Glenville	Director
Cast	Credit
Richard Burton	Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole	King Henry II
John Gielgud	King Louis VII of France
Donald Wolfit	Gilbert Folliot Bishop of London
Martita Hunt	Queen Matilda
Pamela Brown	Queen Eleanor
Paolo Stoppa	Pope Alexander III
Gino Cervi	Cardinal Zambelli
David Weston	Brother John
Felix Aylmer	Archbishop of Canterbury
Percy Herbert	Henry II's Baron
Niall MacGinnis	Henry II's Baron
Christopher Rhodes	Henry II's Baron
Peter Jeffrey	Henry II's Baron
Michael Miller	Henry II's Baron
Peter Prowse	Henry II's Baron
Inigo Jackson	Robert DeBeaumont--Duke of Leicester
Sian Phillips	Gwendolen
Veronique Vendell	French Girl
Gerald Lawson	Old Peasant
Jennifer Hilary	Peasant's Daughter
John Phillips	Bishop of Winchester
Frank Pettingell	Bishop of York
Hamilton Dyce	Bishop of Chichester
Paul Farrell	Farmer
Rose Howlett	Farmer's Wife
Linda Marlowe	Farmer's Daughter
Patrick Newell	William of Corbeil
Riggs O'Hara	Prince Henry
Geoffrey Bayldon	Brother Philip
Graham Stark	Pope's Secretary
Victor Spinetti	French Tailor
Magda Knopke	Girl on Balcony
Wilfrid Lawson	Old Soldier
Edward Woodward	Clement
Tutte Lemkow	Courtier
Michael Anthony	Courtier
Production Credits	Credit
Hal Wallis	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Keep Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
MPI Home Video	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Slowhand Cinema Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
England, United Kingdom
Writer	Credit
Edward Anhalt	Screenplay
Jean Anouilh	Play as Source Material
Art Department	Credit
John Bryan	Production Designer
Maurice Carter	Art Director - art direction
Robert Cartwright	Set Decorator
Film Camera	Credit
Geoffrey Unsworth	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Muir Mathieson	Music Conductor
Laurence Rosenthal	Music
Production Management	Credit
Colin M Brewer	Assistant Director
Denis Holt	Production Manager
Sound	Credit
Buster Ambler	Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Joan Smallwood	Hair - hairstyles
Charles Parker	Makeup
Margaret Furse	Costume Designer
Phyllis Dalton	Costume Designer

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