Becket
“An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!”
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.
Genres
Drama, History
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Becket performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$9.1M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Thomas Becket
Richard Burton
Thomas Becket
King Henry II of England
Peter O'Toole
King Henry II of England
King Louis VII of France
John Gielgud
King Louis VII of France
Cardinal Zambelli
Gino Cervi
Cardinal Zambelli
Pope Alexander III
Paolo Stoppa
Pope Alexander III
Bishop Folliot
Donald Wolfit
Bishop Folliot
Brother John
David Weston
Brother John
Empress Matilda
Martita Hunt
Empress Matilda
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Pamela Brown
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Baron
Percy Herbert
Baron
Gwendolen
Siân Phillips
Gwendolen
Robert de Beaumont
Inigo Jackson
Robert de Beaumont
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