Murder in the Cathedral (film) Murder in the Cathedral (film) Murder in the Cathedral is a 1951 British drama film directed and produced by George Hoellering and co-written by Hoellering and T. S. Eliot based on Eliot's 1935 verse drama of the same name and starring Father John Groser. The film competed at the 12th Venice International Film Festival and received the award for Best Production Design, given to Peter Pendrey. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1952. Archbishop Thomas Becket (Father John Groser) deals with his temptations before his murder in the Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. "Murder in the Cathedral" premiered at
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945 film) he is home to stay. "Wanderer of the Wasteland" was filmed on location in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California. "Wanderer of the Wasteland" was released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 1, 1945 in the United States. The film was reissued on June 16, 1951. Upon its theatrical release, "Wanderer of the Wasteland" received generally poor reviews. The reviewer for the "New York Times" called the film a "soporific little Western" and a "pallid and static picturization", while praising the performances of James Warren and Richard Martin who "supply the few flickers of spirit and humor" in the