Richard Burton

Thomas Becket

Peter O'Toole

King Henry II of England

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

Felix Aylmer

Archbishop of Canterbury

Niall MacGinnis

Baron

Christopher Rhodes

Baron

John Phillips

Bishop of Winchester

Frank Pettingell

Bishop of York

Véronique Vendell

French Prostitute

Jennifer Hilary

Peasant's Daughter

Hamilton Dyce

Bishop of Chichester

Peter Jeffrey

Baron

Geoffrey Bayldon

Brother Philip (uncredited)

Roy Beck

Young French Boy (uncredited)

Dave Clark

Soldier (uncredited)

Ivor Dean

Monk (uncredited)

Guy Deghy

Man (uncredited)

Paul Farrell

Farmer (uncredited)

Magda Konopka

Girl on Balcony (uncredited)

Wilfrid Lawson

Old Soldier (uncredited)

Tutte Lemkow

French Courtier (uncredited)

Linda Marlowe

Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)

John Moulder-Brown

Boy (uncredited)

Patrick Newell

William of Corbeil (uncredited)

Frederick Piper

Monk (uncredited)

Dido Plumb

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Steve Plytas

Cardinal (uncredited)

Robert Rietti

Alexander III (voice) (uncredited)

Alex Scott

Priest (uncredited)

Victor Spinetti

French Tailor (uncredited)

Graham Stark

Pope's Secretary (uncredited)

Elizabeth Taylor

Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)

Royston Tickner

Royal Servant (uncredited)

Edward Woodward

Clement (uncredited)