A Man For All Seasons
Drama
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (1966) 120 mins G

8.1 (10,245 votes)
Stars Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More, a respected English statesman whose steadfast refusal to recognize King Henry VIII's mariage to Anne Boleyn cost him his head....

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Cast and Crew
Vanessa Redgrave  ...... 
Wendy Hiller  ......  Alice More
Orson Welles  ......  Cardinal Wolsey
Robert Shaw  ......  King Henry VIII
Paul Scofield  ......  Sir Thomas More
Leo McKern  ......  Thomas Cromwell
Director  .....  Fred Zinnemann
Producer  .....  Fred Zinnemann; William N. Graf
Writer  .....  Robert Bolt
Notes
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the beginning of the film, when Cardinal Wolsey is writing a letter to Thomas More, the sound of the quill marking the paper continues for about a second after Wolsey has stopped writing. (more)

Trivia:
Richard Burton turned down the role of Sir Thomas More. (more)

Filming Locations:
Beaulieu River, Hampshire, England, UK (more)

Quotes:
Sir Thomas More: I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos. (more)

Awards:
Won 6 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 5 nominations (more)