
Becket
02 hours 28 minutes
- John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton
- Peter Glenville
- Biography, Drama, History
- March 11, 1964
- English, Latin, Welsh
Synopsis
Debauched King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) installs his longtime court facilitator Thomas Becket (Richard Burton) as the Archbishop of Canterbury, assuming that his old friend will be a compliant and loyal lackey in the King’s on-going battles with the church. But Becket unexpectedly finds his true calling on the ecclesiastical side, and aligns himself against the King’s selfish wishes, causing a rift and an eventual showdown not only between the two men, but also the institutions they represent.