Director: Peter Glenville
Writer: Edward Anhalt, from
the play by Jean Anouilh
Note: Edward Anhalt won
an Oscar for this screenplay.
Setting: England in the 12th
century |
Cast:
Richard Burton.....................Becket
Peter O'Toole.......................Henry
II
John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit,
Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown, Felix Aylmer. |
The Story:
Based loosely - or
at least, inaccurately - on the historical friendship between Henry II
of England and his friend Thomas Becket, whom he made Archbishop of Canterbury.
Once Archbishop, Becket discovers he has a conscience, and his love/hate
relationship with the king becomes inflammatory. |
