The grisly assassination of archbishop Thomas Becket plays out surrounded by the splendor of Bari's Basilica di San Nicola in this first-ever film recording of Ildebrando Pizzetti's "Murder in the Cathedral," based on the play by T.S. Eliot. Italian bass-baritone Ruggero Raimondi stars as Becket, with support from Saverio Fiore, Filippo Bettoschi, Elia Fabbian and Massimo Polverari as the king of England.