# Becket (1964)

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**Runtime**: 148 min
**Genres**: Drama, History
**Directed by**: Peter Glenville
**Written by**: Edward Anhalt
**Starring**: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi, Paolo Stoppa, Donald Wolfit

> *An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Lion in Winter meets Henry V. Henry II appoints his friend Thomas as Archbishop. Peter O'Toole carries medieval politics.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral, tender

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