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About
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
Theatrical
Dec 16, 1966
Box Office
$28.4M
Budget
$3.9M
Return
7.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 26, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Highland Films
Quotes
See all →The Burden of Honesty in Power
King Henry VIII
Oh, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas! Does a man need a Pope to tell him where he's sinned? It was a sin. God's punished me. I have no son. Son after son she's borne me– all dead at birth or dead within the month. Never saw the hand of God so clear in anything. It's my bounden duty to put away the Queen and all the popes back to Peter shall not come between me and my duty! How is it that you cannot see? Everyone else does.
More
Then why does your Grace need my poor support?
King
Because you're honest... and what is more to the purpose, you're known to be honest. There are those like Norfolk who follow me because I wear the crown, those like Master Cromwell who follow me because they are jackals with sharp teeth and I'm their tiger, there's a mass that follows me because it follows anything that moves. And then there's you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Value of Teaching and Recognition
More
Why not be a teacher? You'd be a fine teacher, perhaps a great one.
Richard Rich
If I was, who would know it?
More
You, your pupils, your friends, God. Not a bad public, that.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →P
Paul Scofield
Thomas More
W
Wendy Hiller
Alice More
L
Leo McKern
Thomas Cromwell
R
Robert Shaw
King Henry VIII
O
Orson Welles
Cardinal Wolsey
S
Susannah York
Margaret More
N
Nigel Davenport
The Duke of Norfolk
J
John Hurt
Richard Rich
C
Corin Redgrave
William Roper (the Younger)
C
Colin Blakely
Matthew
C
Cyril Luckham
Archbishop Cranmer
J
Jack Gwillim
Chief Justice
T
Thomas Heathcote
Boatman
Y
Yootha Joyce
Averil Machin
A
Anthony Nicholls
King's Representative
J
John Nettleton
Jailer
E
Eira Heath
Matthew's Wife
M
Molly Urquhart
Maid
P
Paul Hardwick
Courtier
M
Michael Latimer
Norfolk's Aide
