Feature film — 1951

Murder in the Cathedral (1951)

6.51h 54mDrama — History

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.

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Director: George Hoellering

On screen

Cast & crew

John Groser

Thomas a Becket

Alexander Gauge

King Henry II

Donald Bisset

First Priest

Leo McKern

Third Knight

Niall MacGinnis

Herald

Michael Aldridge

Second Knight

T. S. Eliot

Voice of Fourth Tempter

Mark Dignam

First Knight

Paul Rogers

Fourth Knight

William Patrick

Archbishop's Knight

Basil Burton

Third Tempter

David Ward

First Tempter

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