Directed by:
George HoelleringCast:
Leo McKern, Niall MacGinnis, John Van Eyssen, Jill Balcon, Alexander Gauge, Ysanne Churchman, Howell Davies, Stanley Van Beers, Donald Bisset, Denis Holmes (more)Plots(1)
Recounting the love-hate relationship between 12th century British monarch Henry ll and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, the film is unique in its use of mainly non-professional actors to tell the story of Becket's temptations before he was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. (British Film Institute (BFI))
Cast
![Leo McKern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/099/163099557_698bc3.jpg)
Leo McKern
Australia
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
![Niall MacGinnis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319071_772829.jpg)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
![John Van Eyssen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528047_e65fc3.jpg)
John Van Eyssen
South Africa
Best movies:
The One That Got Away (1957)
The Dark Room of Damocles (1963)
Dracula (1958)
Jill Balcon
UK
Best movies:
Wittgenstein (1993)
An Ideal Husband (1999)
Edward II (1991)
![Alexander Gauge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/363/161363543_b597d6.jpg)
Alexander Gauge
China
Best movies:
The Green Man (1956)
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Ysanne Churchman
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1999) (series)
![Stanley Van Beers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365602_e1f78a.jpg)
Stanley Van Beers
UK
Best movies:
The Dam Busters (1955)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
![Donald Bisset](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/380/161380350_aa5f1f.jpg)
Donald Bisset
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Ragtime (1981)
![Denis Holmes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/383/161383261_b1627e.jpg)
Denis Holmes
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Moonlighting (1982)
Sabrina (1995)
![Mark Dignam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/436/161436319_0c01ed.jpg)
Mark Dignam
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Macbeth (1948)
![George Woodbridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/479/161479820_b20261.jpg)
George Woodbridge
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Mackenzie Ward
UK
Best movies:
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
![Michael Aldridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/543/161543289_91c81e.jpg)
Michael Aldridge
UK
Best movies:
Falstaff (1965)
Follow Me! (1972)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985) (series)
T.S. Eliot
USA
Paul Hansard
German Empire
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
The One That Got Away (1957)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Paul Rogers
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Violet Gould
UK