Murder in the Cathedral (1951)

6.5/10 114 min Drama History

Overview

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.

Cast

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

George Woodbridge

Second Tempter

Paul Hansard

John Van Eyssen

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