Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
King Henry II:
[laughing in both amusement and anger] It's funny! It's too funny! Becket is the only intelligent man in my kingdom, and he's against me!
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
King Henry II:
[plotting Becket's arrest] Oh, Thomas!
Bishop Folliot: You love him, don't you? You still love him! That imposter - that Saxon guttersnipe, that mitred hog!
King Henry II: Hold your tongue, priest! All I confided to you was my hate, not my love. For England's sake you'll help me get rid of him. But don't ever insult him to my face!
Bishop Folliot: You love him, don't you? You still love him! That imposter - that Saxon guttersnipe, that mitred hog!
King Henry II: Hold your tongue, priest! All I confided to you was my hate, not my love. For England's sake you'll help me get rid of him. But don't ever insult him to my face!
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
King Henry II:
Am I the strongest or am I not?
Thomas a Becket: You are today, but one must never drive one's enemy to despair; it makes him strong. Gentleness is better politics, it saps virility. A good occupational force must never crush. It must corrupt.
Thomas a Becket: You are today, but one must never drive one's enemy to despair; it makes him strong. Gentleness is better politics, it saps virility. A good occupational force must never crush. It must corrupt.
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
King Henry II:
Are you mad? You're Chancellor of England; you're mine!
Thomas a Becket: I am also the Archbishop, and you have introduced me to deeper obligations.
Thomas a Becket: I am also the Archbishop, and you have introduced me to deeper obligations.
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
King Henry II:
Don't be nervous, Bishop. I'm not asking for absolution. I've something far worse than a sin on my conscience: a mistake.
Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
King Henry II:
Have you any idea how much trouble I took to make you noble?
Thomas a Becket: I think so; I recall, you pointed a finger and said, "Thomas Becket, you are noble." The Queen and your mother became very agitated.
Thomas a Becket: I think so; I recall, you pointed a finger and said, "Thomas Becket, you are noble." The Queen and your mother became very agitated.
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
King Henry II:
He's read books, you know, it's amazing. He's drunk and wenched his way through London but he's thinking all the time.
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
King Henry II:
I'm suddenly very intelligent. It probably comes from making love to that French girl last night.
