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Becket

1964, Movie, NR, 148 mins

Becket: Cast & Details

Year: 1964
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.K.
Running Time: 148
Format: Color
Genre(s): Historical
Production Co(s).: Paramount
Released By: Paramount

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay - Edward Anhalt
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actor - Peter O'Toole
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actor - Richard Burton
Academy Award Nominee: Best Supporting Actor - John Gielgud
Academy Award Nominee: Best Director - Peter Glenvile
Academy Award Nominee: Best Sound - John Cox
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Color Cinematography - Geoffrey Unsworth
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design (Color) - Margaret Furse
Academy Award Nominee: Best Film Editing - Anne Coates
Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Score - Laurence Rosenthal

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Cast
Richard Burton: Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole: King Henry II
Donald Wolfit: Bishop Folliot
John Gielgud: King Louis VII
Martita Hunt: Queen Matilda
Pamela Brown: Queen Eleanor
Sian Phillips: Gwendolyn
Paolo Stoppa: Pope Alexander III
Gino Cervi: Cardinal Zambelli
David Weston: Brother John
Felix Aylmer: Archbishop of Canterbury
Veronique Vendell: Pretty French Girl
Gerald Lawson: English Peasant
Jennifer Hilary: His Daughter
Riggs O'Hara: Prince Henry
John Phillips: Bishop of Winchester
Frank Pettingell: Bishop of York
Hamilton Dyce: Bishop of Chichester
Linda Marlowe: Farmer's Daughter
Patrick Newell: William of Corbeil
Geoffrey Bayldon: Brother Philip
Graham Stark: Pope's Secretary
Victor Spinetti: French Tailor
Magda Knopke: Girl on Balcony
Niall MacGinnis: Henry II's Baron
Percy Herbert: Henry II's Baron
Christopher Rhodes: Henry II's Baron
Peter Jeffrey: Henry II's Baron

Credits
Peter Glenville: Director
Edward Anhalt: Writer - based on the play by Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh: Source
Hal B. Wallis: Producer
Geoffrey Unsworth: Cinematographer - Technicolor
Anne V. Coates: Editor
Laurence Rosenthal: Musical Composer
John Bryan: Production Designer
Maurice Carter: Art Director
Margaret Furse: Costumes