Drama History
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.
Directed by
Peter Glenville
Peter Jeffrey
Baron
Patrick Newell
William of Corbeil (uncredited)
Steve Plytas
Cardinal (uncredited)
Richard Burton
Thomas Becket
John Moulder-Brown
Boy (uncredited)
Niall MacGinnis
Baron
Felix Aylmer
Archbishop of Canterbury
John Phillips
Bishop of Winchester
Graham Stark
Pope's Secretary (uncredited)
Guy Deghy
Man (uncredited)
Martita Hunt
Empress Matilda
Paolo Stoppa
Pope Alexander III
Christopher Rhodes
Baron
David Weston
Brother John
Jennifer Hilary
Peasant's Daughter
John Gielgud
King Louis VII of France
Wilfrid Lawson
Old Soldier (uncredited)
Edward Woodward
Clement (uncredited)
Véronique Vendell
French Prostitute
Elizabeth Taylor
Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
Donald Wolfit
Bishop Folliot
Linda Marlowe
Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)
Percy Herbert
Baron
Frederick Piper
Monk (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Alexander III (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Farrell
Farmer (uncredited)
Dave Clark
Soldier (uncredited)
Siân Phillips
Gwendolen
Victor Spinetti
French Tailor (uncredited)
Pamela Brown
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Peter O'Toole
King Henry II of England
Alex Scott
Priest (uncredited)
Gino Cervi
Cardinal Zambelli
Frank Pettingell
Bishop of York
Royston Tickner
Royal Servant (uncredited)
Tutte Lemkow
French Courtier (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Magda Konopka
Girl on Balcony (uncredited)
Geoffrey Bayldon
Brother Philip (uncredited)
Hamilton Dyce
Bishop of Chichester
Inigo Jackson
Robert de Beaumont
David Davenport
Michael Miller
Baron
Peter Prowse
Baron
Jack Taylor
Chris Adcock
Sergeant (uncredited)
Michael Anthony
Courtier (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell
Man (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper
Soldier (uncredited)
Ian Cullen
Servant (uncredited)
Ivor Dean
Monk (uncredited)
John Doye
Priest (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin
Monk (uncredited)
Laurie Heath
Boy (uncredited)
Laurence Hepworth
Bishop (uncredited)
Rose Howlett
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Gerald Lawson
English Peasant (uncredited)
Paul Layton
Boy (uncredited)
Riggs O'Hara
Prince Henry (uncredited)
Terence Soall
Man (uncredited)
Fred Stroud
Church Guard (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Congregation Member (uncredited)

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