En İyi film Dahil 6 Dalda Oscar Ödüllü Dev Yapım! Başka bir kadınla evlenmek için karısını boşamak isteyen 8. Henry ile bu duruma ister istemez karışan Sir Thomas More'un öyküsü. En iyi film, yönetmen ve aktör (Paul Scofield) dahil altı dalda Oscar kazanan "Her Devrin Adamı", Leo McKern ve Orson Welles'li kadrosuyla gerçek bir klasik.

Catherine, Henry VIII's wife, has been unable to produce an heir to the throne. Henry (Robert Shaw), having fallen in love with Anne Boleyne, asks the Pope to grant him a divorce. The king is backed by everyone except the highly regarded Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield). When Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles), Chancellor of England, names More as his successor, it becomes increasingly important for Henry to get More's support. But More cannot be swayed. Henry demands the clergy to renounce the Pope and to name him the head of the church of England Cromwell (Leo McKern), leader of the divorce campain, frames More, forcing him to resign as Chancellor. Eventually, More is brought to trial, found guilty of treason, and beheaded.