A Man For All Seasons (1966) - Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Leo McKern, Wendy Hiller

Historical drama consummately directed by Fred Zinnemann, adapted by Robert Bolt from his play. The archetype of probity and principle, Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) is the only courtier who refuses to abet the scheming of King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon. The drama springs from the consequences of More’s “moral squint” (in the memorable words of Orson Welles’s bilious Cardinal Wolsey), as unscrupulous enemies plot his downfall.