Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Peter O'Toole
as Henry II
Katharine Hepburn
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Anthony Hopkins
as Richard
John Castle
as Geoffrey
Nigel Terry
as John
Timothy Dalton
as Philip II
Jane Merrow
as Alais
Nigel Stock
as William Marshall
O.Z. Whitehead
as Bishop of Durham
Kenneth Ives
as Queen Eleanor's Guard
Kenneth Griffith
as Strolling Player
Henry Woolf
as Strolling Player