Director
Peter Glenville
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Richard Burton
Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole
King Henry II
John Gielgud
King Louis VII of France
Gino Cervi
Cardinal Zambelli
Paolo Stoppa
Pope Alexander III
Donald Wolfit
Bishop Folliot
David Weston
Brother John
Martita Hunt
Empress Matilda
Pamela Brown
Queen Eleanor [of Aquitaine]
Percy Herbert
Baron
Siân Phillips
Gwendolen
Inigo Jackson
Robert de Beaumont
Felix Aylmer
Archbishop of Canterbury
Niall MacGinnis
Christopher Rhodes
John Phillips
Bishop of Winchester
Frank Pettingell
Bishop of York
Véronique Vendell
French prostitute
Jennifer Hilary
Peasant's Daughter
David Davenport
ACTOR
Hamilton Dyce
Bishop of Chichester
Peter Jeffrey
Michael Miller
Peter Prowse
Jack Taylor
Chris Adcock
Sergeantuncredited
Michael Anthony
Courtieruncredited
Geoffrey Bayldon
Brother Philipuncredited
Roy Beck
Young French boyuncredited
Garrett Cassell
Manuncredited
Dave Clark
Soldieruncredited
George Lane Cooper
Ian Cullen
Servantuncredited
Ivor Dean
Monkuncredited
Guy Deghy
Minor Roleuncredited
John Doye
Priestuncredited
Paul Farrell
Farmeruncredited
Patrick Halpin
Laurie Heath
Boyuncredited
Laurence Hepworth
Bishopuncredited
Rose Howlett
Farmer's Wifeuncredited
Magda Konopka
Girl on Balconyuncredited
Gerald Lawson
English Peasantuncredited
Wilfrid Lawson
Old Soldieruncredited
Paul Layton
Tutte Lemkow
French Courtieruncredited
Linda Marlowe
Farmer's Daughteruncredited
John Moulder-Brown
Patrick Newell
William of Corbeiluncredited
Riggs O'Hara
Prince Henryuncredited
Frederick Piper
Dido Plumb
Man in Crowduncredited
Steve Plytas
Cardinaluncredited
Robert Rietty
Alexander IIIuncredited,voice
Alex Scott
Terence Soall
Victor Spinetti
French Tailoruncredited
Graham Stark
Pope's Secretaryuncredited
Fred Stroud
Church Guarduncredited
Elizabeth Taylor
Village Extra with Blonde Wiguncredited
Royston Tickner
Royal Servantuncredited
Fred Wood
Congregation Member (at Bishops Service)uncredited
Edward Woodward
Clementuncredited