A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even though he knows he’s risking his own life. An award winning film from 1966.
Drama, History
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Highland Films
Paul Scofield as Thomas More, Wendy Hiller as Alice More, Leo McKern as Thomas Cromwell, Robert Shaw as King Henry VIII, Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey, Susannah York as Margaret More, Nigel Davenport as The Duke of Norfolk, John Hurt as Richard Rich, Corin Redgrave as William Roper (the Younger), Colin Blakely as Matthew, Cyril Luckham as Archbishop Cranmer, Jack Gwillim as Chief Justice, Thomas Heathcote as Boatman, Vanessa Redgrave as Anne Boleyn, Yootha Joyce as Averil Machin, Anthony Nicholls as King's Representative, Eira Heath as Matthew's Wife, Molly Urquhart as Maid, Paul Hardwick as Courtier, Michael Latimer as Norfolk's Aide, Philip Brack as Captain of Guard, Martin Boddey as Governor of Tower, Matt Zimmerman as Messenger, Eric Mason as Executioner, John Nettleton as Jailer