Pamela Brown	Queen Eleanor [of Aquitaine]
Richard Burton	Thomas à Becket
John Gielgud	King Louis VII of France
Martita Hunt	Empress Matilda
Peter O'Toole	King Henry II
Donald Wolfit	Bishop Folliot
Siân Phillips	Gwendolen
Felix Aylmer	Archbishop of Canterbury
Gino Cervi	Cardinal Zambelli
Paolo Stoppa	Pope Alexander III

Director	Peter Glenville
Producer	Hal B. Wallis Joseph H. Hazen
Writer	Edward Anhalt Jean Anouilh

Medieval English King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) struggles to unite his kingdom and gain complete power due to a mighty struggle with the church. The King decides to wait out the last days of the Archbishop of Canterbury and to bypass the Catholic Church to appoint his old friend Thomas Becket (Richard Burton) as the new Archbishop. The King is permitted to do this as Becket is indeed a deacon of some sort, but the King’s intention is to use Becket’s position as a means to gain total control over England. The King is dismayed to learn that Becket takes his position seriously and will combat the King over religious matters. King Henry II must now make it a point of riding himself of Becket.

Edition Details Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance) Country USA Language English Barcode 030306180397 Region Region 1 Release Date 11/25/2008 No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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