BECKET

Becket

Becket is a 1964 British-American dramatic film adaptation of the play Becket or the Honour of God by Jean Anouilh made by Hal Wallis Productions and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Peter Glenville and produced by Hal B. Wallis with Joseph H. Hazen as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Edward Anhalt based on Anouilh's play. The music score was by Laurence Rosenthal, the cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth and the editing by Anne V. Coates.

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becket

Noun

  1. A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
  2. A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
  3. The clevis of a pulley block.
  4. An eye in the end of a rope.
  5. A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
  6. A spade for digging turf.

<gallery> File:Tent_Becket.JPG|Diagram showing beckets used to join tent panels together. </gallery>



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