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...BECKET. The tragedy of St. Thomas of Canterbury, one of the greatest dramatic themes of the Middle Ages, is cleverly treated in this cinema adaptation of the play by Jean Anouilh. Richard Burton as the Archbishop at times seems uncertain how to seem uncertain as he struggles with his conscience, but Peter O'Toole is often fascinating as the King. If the film lacks style, it certainly has manner, the grand manner that makes a merely vivid picture seem in sections a remarkable...
...BECKET. The tragedy of St. Thomas of Canterbury, one of the great dramatic themes of the Middle Ages, is cleverly treated in this cinema adaptation of the play by Jean Anouilh. Richard Burton as the Archbishop at times seems uncertain how to seem uncertain as he struggles with his conscience, but Peter O'Toole is often fascinating as the king. If the film lacks style, it certainly has manner, the grand manner that makes a merely vivid picture seem in sections a remarkable...
...BECKET. A stunningly filmed dramatization of the church-state conflict that becomes a death struggle between 12th century Archbishop of Canterbury (Richard Burton) and King Henry II (Peter ÓToole...
...BECKET. England's 12th century Archbishop of Canterbury (Richard Burton) dares the wrath of his onetime friend King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) in an eye-and ear-filling spectacle based on Jean Anouilh's drama...
...when several films were boxoffice flops. Last year it was back in the black, and first-quarter '64 earnings ($1,041,000) were almost twice as high as in the same period last year. Weltner expects further improvement, thanks to such current successes as Becket and Seven Days in May. A small, freckled man who resembles neither a movie mogul nor a matinee idol, Welt ier is a chemist by training who begat, in the darkroom during the early '20s. How did he reach the summit of Paramount's star-ringed mountain? Says Weltner, with a grin...