Good story, good acting, very intense. Shows how a man can change when is life is given over to God. Richard Burton is superb and Peter O'Toole a convincingly wicked and confused Henry II. Another English martyr for the Faith: St. Thomas a Beckett! Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury: a man of faith, conviction and principle. (Rather like St. Thomas More, also a Chancellor of England).

While Kwarah seems very emotional about this dvd, he / she shouldn't have given the end away!!

This film demonstrates,,,, Monarchy is just glorified slavery. And, while England's obsession with the monarchy is revolting, watching BECKET ending up MURDERED, trying to serve the king & the church, is simply very revealing informative. BECKET's life time friendship & services is NOT worthy enough, to the paranoid English psycho-tyrant, Henry II. The ENDLESS power struggle between the Church & the monarchy has created more VICTIMS than victors. And BECKET just happened to be one the NAMELESS millions.

Good - Becket (1964) 148 min. Richard Burton plays Thomas Becket, Bishop of Cantebury and saint during the 12th century in the reign of Henry II played magnificently by Peter O’Toole. O’Toole was nominated 8 times in his career and twice playing Henry II (in Becket and then in Lion In Winter). Of all his performances, this one for Becket had to be the best one – the film shines when he appears with his Shakespeare-like soliloquies. The film itself does provide an entertaining look at the latter life of Thomas Becket and worth watching. The film won a 1965 Oscar for Adapted Screenplay and nominated for oodles of Oscars including Picture, Director, Acting (O’Toole, Burton, and John Gielgud), and others.