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Becket

ORIGINAL TITLE

Becket

YEAR

1964

RUNNING TIME

148 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Peter Glenville

SCREENWRITER

Edward Anhalt (Play: Jean Anouilh)

COMPOSER

Laurence Rosenthal

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Geoffrey Unsworth

CAST

Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown, Siân Phillips, Felix Aylmer, Gino Cervi, Paolo Stoppa, David Weston

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Co-production UK-USA

AWARDS

1964: Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay. 12 Nominations
1964: Golden Globes: Best Movie: Drama
1964: National Board of Review: Best Film

GENRE

Drama | Historical. Middle Ages. The 12th Century

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry than his predecessors were able to do. This leads to the famous "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?"

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